Ted Bell

Assassin Ted Bell

Publisher Marketing: In an elegant palazzo on the Grand Canal, an American ambassador's tryst turns deadly. In the seamy underbelly of London, a pub-crawling killer is on the loose. And in a storybook chapel nestled in the Cotswolds, a marriage made in heaven turns to hell on earth. Isolated incidents? Or links in a chain of events hurtling towards catastrophe? So begins Assassin, the tour de force thriller that heralds the return of every terrorist's worst nightmare, Alex Hawke. A shadowy figure known as the Dog is believed to be the ruthless terrorist who is systematically and savagely assassinating American diplomats and their families around the globe. As the deadly toll mounts inexorably, Hawke, along with former NYPD cop and Navy SEAL Stokely Jones, is called upon by the U. S. government to launch a search for the assassin behind the murders. Hawke, who "makes James Bond look like a slovenly, dull-witted clockpuncher" ("Kirkus Reviews"), is soon following a trail that leads back to London in the go-go nineties, when Arab oil money fueled lavish, and sometimes fiendish, lifestyles. Other murky clues point to the Florida Keys, where a vicious killer hides behind the gates of a fabled museum. And to a remote Indonesian island where a madman tinkers with strains of a deadly virus and slyly bides his time. Hawke must call upon resources deep within himself. He must enter a race against time to stop a cataclysmic attack on America's most populous cities and avenge the inexplicable and horrific crime that has left him devastated. Review Citations: Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373654, Compact Disc) Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373678, MP3 CD) Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373647, Compact Disc) Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373630, Compact Disc) Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373623, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 151 (EAN 9781597373616, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 16 (EAN 9780743466721, Mass Market Paperbound) Publishers Weekly 06/21/2004 pg. 43 (EAN 9780743466714, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2004 pg. 1823 (EAN 9780743466714, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Bell, Ted Ted Bell, former writer-in-residence at Cambridge University, was chairman of the board and worldwide creative director of Young & Rubicam, one of the world's largest advertising agencies. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Warriors, Phantom, Warlord, Tsar, Spy, Pirate, Assassin, and Hawke, along with two YA adventure novels. Contributor Bio:  Shea, John John "Red" Shea, forty, completed his twelve-year federal prison sentence in 2002 and is now living on the right side of the law and working in Boston, Massachusetts.