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Mounting Fears (Will Lee Novel)
Full title: | Mounting Fears (Will Lee Novel) |
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ISBN: | 9780142428641 |
ISBN 10: | 0142428647 |
Authors: | |
Publisher: | Penguin Audio |
Binding: | Audio CD |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2010 |
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Synopsis
new York Times– Bestselling Author Stuart Woods Returns With Another Page-turning Thriller.president Will Lee Is Having A Rough Week. His Vice President Just Died During Surgery. Confirmation Hearings For The New Vice President Are Under Way, But The Squeaky-clean Governor Whom Will Has Nominated May Have A Few Previously Unnoticed Skeletons In His Closet. And Teddy Fay, The Rogue Cia Agent Last Seen In Shoot Him If He Runs, Is Plotting His Revenge On Cia Director Kate Rule Lee—the President’s Wife.plus There Are Some Loose Nukes In Pakistan That Might Just Trigger World War Iii If Will’s Diplomatic Efforts Fall Short. It’s Up To President Lee—with Some Help From Holly Barker, Lance Cabot, And A Few Other Stuart Woods Series Regulars—to Save The World, And The Upcoming Election.
publishers Weekly
in Bestseller Woods's Uninspired Sixth Will Lee Thriller (after capital Crimes), The Incumbent U.s. President, William Jefferson Lee, Faces A Series Of Crises In An Election Year: His Vice President Has Died During Surgery; A Nuclear Warhead Is Missing In Pakistan And Believed To Be In The Hands Of A Terrorist Group Possibly Connected To Al-qaeda; And An Independent Presidential Candidate, A Charismatic Minister, Has Erased Lee's Once Significant Lead In The Polls. To Make Matters Worse, Lee's Newly Appointed Vice President, The Former Governor Of California, Has Got Himself Entangled In A Messy Divorce As Well As A Sordid Love Triangle That, If Exposed, Could Become Front-page Fodder For The Tabloids And All But Destroy Lee's Re-election Bid. While Woods Exhibits His Usual Brilliant Sense Of Pacing, Two-dimensional Characters, A Mechanical Plot And An Improbable Ending Far From Satisfy. (jan.)
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