Edge

Edge

Behind the well-known U.S. security organizationsâ€” the FBI and CIA among themâ€”lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.

Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless â€œlifterâ€ hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an â€œedgeâ€ on his victimâ€”leverageâ€”usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the â€œprimaryâ€ caves under pressure.

The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a â€œshepherd.â€ Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Lovingâ€”the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to himâ€”is also an opportunity to avenge his friendâ€™s death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks.

As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Lovingâ€™s every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Fredericks, pinpoint which of Kesslerâ€™s seemingly insignificant cases has triggered Lovingâ€™s return. As the team digs deeper, each of the Kesslers comes under close scrutiny, and in captivity their family bonds are stretched to the breaking pointâ€”as the lifter draws near, Corte must ultimately choose between protecting his charges and exposing them to a killer in the name of long-awaited revenge.

Country	USA
Author	Jeffery Deaver
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
Brand	Deaver, Jeffery
EAN	9781439156360
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1439156360
Label	Pocket Books
Manufacturer	Pocket Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	576
PublicationDate	2011-07-26
Publisher	Pocket Books
ReleaseDate	2011-07-26
Studio	Pocket Books

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