Secrets of State
by Damien Hunter

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Book Review: A Chilling Spy Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars

Set in Costa Rica during the Iran-Contra era, this is one spy story that offers a gritty, hard-boiled look at what can happen when one man positions himself to interrupt the flow of the dollars. Leighton is a trained assassin, an ex-Navy Seal sent to kill oil baron John Cortland, a man labelled a threat to national security. He soon discovers that he's also a very expendable pawn -- Cortland's death is only the beginning of the intrigue, as a plot to crush his legacy begins to unfold, revealing the true reason for his murder.

Trapped when his escape plan fails, and suspecting he's already been disavowed, Leighton goes to ground as the agency sends an old flame in harm's way to help smoke him out. Chilling in its plausibility, almost visually striking in its detail, Secrets takes you inside the characters heads in a way few stories in this genre do. It's a great read and a slow-burning page turner, with the "tick-tick-tick" suspense reminescent of Hitchcock.

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