The Jerusalem assassin

Joel C. Rosenberg, 1967-

Book - 2020

"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA operatives to hunt down those responsible and bring the killing spree to an end. What Ryker uncovers is a chilling plot to kill the American president himself, but at first, it's unclear who is the driving force behind the plot. Is it the Russians, seeking payback for the assassinat...ion of Luganov? Is it the Iranians, in retaliation for the American operation to keep Tehran from acquiring nukes? Or is it another conspirator altogether, someone plotting to strike a blow against American hegemony in the Middle East and seize the leadership of the entire Sunni Muslim world? By the time Ryker and his team fully understand the plot and who's behind it, they find they have less than 96 hours to disrupt a terrible evil that has been set in motion"--

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Rosenberg's gripping third Marcus Ryker novel (after 2019's The Persian Gamble) finds former Secret Service agent Marcus ostensibly working for the Diplomatic Security Service, but in reality he's employed by the CIA. At a Washington, D.C., diner, Marcus is having breakfast with his new partner, Kailea Curtis, when gunfire from a nearby church propels the two agents into action. Two shooters are taken down, but Marcus's pastor and close friend, Carter Emerson, is killed. This attack is the kickoff to an intricate plot to kill a succession of top-level American officials culminating in a suicide bombing at a peace conference being held on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, where U.S. president Andrew Clarke is meeting with Israeli premier Reuven Eitan and Saudi King Faisal Mohammed Al Saud for what is being billed as the "greatest diplomatic breakthrough of the century." Never mind the familiar restoration of the Islamic Caliphate plot. Readers will tear through the final pages to see whether Marcus can once again triumph over evil. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media Group. (Mar.)

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