Putnam
June 2012
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Featuring: John Knox; Grace Chu
432 pages ISBN: 0399158839 EAN: 9780399158834 Kindle: B0074VTGP8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
A Chinese National working for an American-owned
construction company is grabbed off the streets of Shanghai
in broad daylight. His one-man security detail goes missing
as well.
Rutherford Risk, the company's international security
contractor, is a firm specializing in extraction: the
negotiation for, and the recovery of hostages. Private
investigation is illegal in today's China. Operating within
her borders will be difficult at best: complex political
situations and corrupt individuals combined with the
intricacies of Chinese culture make such work anything but
straightforward.
The security company recruits two unique outsiders to do
their bidding. Grace Chu is a forensic accountant hired to
follow the money; John Knox is a civilian with unparalleled
training in both combat and culture brought in to support
Chu. Grace’s top-notch American education, as well as her
Chinese military service, make her an unassuming, but
effective, operative, while Knox’s take-no-prisoners
attitude brings them perilously close to harm. Following the
money leads to more complex – and dangerous – consequences
than either anticipated. Who is actually behind the
kidnapping? And more importantly, can Knox and Grace locate
the two hostages ahead of the deadline?
Rich with the atmosphere of Shanghai in all its
contradictory beauty and crackling with tension-filled
suspense, Extraction introduces us to two brilliant and
compelling new characters—and heralds in the start of a
brilliant new series.
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