The Havana Game by John Lutz

The Havana Game by John Lutz

LUTZ OFERS UP A HEART-POUNDING ROLER COASTER OF A TALE.
--Jeffery Deaver

ROGUE WARS

With the U.S. seemingly linked to a terrorist bombing in a Baltic nation and a Russian troop buildup just over the border, the covert Gray Outfit sends Thomas Laker to untangle the mess. But after a second attack leaves him out in the cold, Laker's on his own.

Five thousand miles away in Miami, Laker's partner and NSA codebreaker Ava North is investigating the murder of a fellow agent. When tracks lead to a Cuban-American billionaire in bed with the Jersey Mob, Ava's superiors want her to lay off. Not a chance. Though oceans apart, Laker and Ava discover their separate missions are tied to one explosive plot. The only way out is to breach all protocol and play by their own rules . . .

JOHN LUTZ IS . . .

A MAJOR TALENT. --John Lescroart

AMONG THE BEST. --San Diego Union

IN RARE FORM.--New York Times Book Review

Includes the bonus short story Paranoid Enough for Two, finalist for the Edgar Award

John Lutz's work includes political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, police procedural, espionage, historical, futuristic, amateur detective, thriller; virtually every mystery sub-genre. He is the author of more than forty novels and over 200 short stories and articles. His novels and short fiction have been translated into almost every language and adapted for almost every medium. He is a past president of both Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. Among his awards are the MWA Edgar, the PWA Shamus, the Trophee 813 Award for best mystery short story collection translated into the French language, the PWA Life Achievement Award, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of two private eye series, the Alo Nudger series, set in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Carver series, set in Florida, as well as many non-series novels. The two series have garnered their share of awards. Both What You Don't Know Can Hurt You won a Shamus for Best Private Eye Short Story and Ride the Lightning nabbed an Edgar for Best Short Story in 1985. His novel SWF SEEKS SAME was made into the hit movie SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and his novel THE EX was made into the HBO original movie of the same title, for which he co-authored the screenplay. When Lutz isn't writing, he's reading, following baseball, dining out with friends, or going to movies or plays. Lutz and his wife, Barbara, split their time between St. Louis and Sarasota, Florida. His latest book is the suspense novel Mister X. Praise for John Lutz Lutz's plotting here has a stark, unusual, genuinely disturbing curve to it-making this another Nudgeresque blend of strong action, lean atmosphere, and downbeat personality. -Kirkus (Dancer's Debt) ...[Lutz] deserves high marks for another intriguing glimpse into the unusual world of Alo Nudger, a uniquely warm and thoroughly disheveled detective. -Booklist (Dancer's Debt) Lutz's economy of language and well-timed suspense work very well in this tale... A taut mystery recommended for all active collections. -Booklist (Ride the Lightning) Lutz does an excellent job here... keeping the story complicated and varied but never losing the reader in red herrings or distracting minutiae. -Publishers Weekly (Nightlines)

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ISBN 13	9780786040957
ISBN 10	0786040955
Title	The Havana Game
Author	John Lutz
Series	A Thomas Laker Thriller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kensington Publishing
Year published	2019-01-29
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.