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British Naval Intelligence officer David Trevelyan discovers a dead body in a Manhattan alley. Initially accused of the man's murder, Trevelyan becomes ensnared in an FBI investigation that puts him squarely in the crosshairs of a female psychopathic criminal kingpin. The plot and its wonderfully breathless pace are over the top in the best Bond tradition—listeners will risk missing their exit or spending extra time in the parking lot because they simply cannot stop listening. (Squeamish men should be advised of a particularly nasty torture scene involving a prized portion of the anatomy.) John Lee's patrician British accent perfectly embodies the coolly ruthless Trevelyan, but his attempts at American accents frequently border on caricature. A.B.G. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2009]