Dead Watch is anything but politics as usual. 'Sandford is a master at creating believable, indelible characters like Winter is peerless when it comes to economical, taut plotting, most notably at building tension. The 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport novels delivers a page-turner with a new. As this runaway train picks up speed, innocents are murdered, and the guilty come to Jesus Buy Dead Watch by John Sandford at Mighty Ape NZ. Democratic research assistant (read: fixer) Jacob Winter, ex-Army Intelligence, wounded in Afghanistan, is called in by the Democratic president to unravel an extremely messy situation and shield his office from any hint of scandal.

Finally, he is discovered in the remote Virginia woods, barb-wired to a tree, burned almost beyond recognition and missing his head. Lincoln Bowe, a Republican, has been missing for several days, setting off alarms on both sides of the political aisle. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport novels delivers a page-turner with a new hero, breakneck pace' ( Minneapolis Star Tribune). Winter will have to use all his resources not only to prevail but also to survive. More importantly, he has to figure out what to do. Large forces are at work, determined to do whatever it takes to achieve their ends. As he investigates, he begins to uncover a multigeneration, multifamily conspiracy - a series of crimes of such monstrosity that, though he's seen an awful lot in his life, even he has difficulty in comprehending. The disappearances are bad, but when the blackened body shows up barbed-wired to a tree, Winter knows there is much worse to come. His chief investigator and an Army Intelligence veteran, Winter knows how to move quickly and decisively, but he's never faced a problem like this. The White House chief of staff needs Jacob Winter now. Hours later in Washington, D.C., a cell phone rings. Kidnapped? Murdered? She doesn't know, but she thinks she knows who's involved, and why. Through twenty-one novels featuring Lucas Davenport, Kidd, or the razor-edge world of the Night Crew, John Sandford has been writing brilliantly suspenseful, consistently surprising thrillers filled with rich characters and exceptional drama.Įarly morning, Virginia, and a woman is on the run.

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