Jonathan Quinn is a "cleaner," a "ghost" who works as a
high-priced janitor of sorts. Being a cleaner means
disposing of any and all evidence after an event, often
unsavory in nature, to ensure that the incident "never
happened." Being a cleaner also means not getting involved
and not getting emotional, because doing either is what
gets a cleaner killed. Unfortunately, Quinn's latest job
has hit just a little too close to home and now he's
risking his life to find a killer and save a woman before
she ends up as a job for another anonymous cleaner...
When Quinn is called in to dispose of a body found at the
Los Angeles shipping yard, he almost doesn't take it since
his contact is less than forthcoming about the details of
the body's discovery. However, once Quinn learns that the
body belongs to Steven Markoff, a man who once saved
Quinn's life, simply performing his job as a cleaner is not
enough. Quinn never imagines that his own life will soon be
turned upside down or that he'll begin to break his own
cardinal rules for survival. The only thing that matters is
finding out what happened to Markoff and personally
breaking the news to Jenny, Markoff's naive and now
completely vulnerable girlfriend. But when Quinn tries to
locate Jenny, she too seems to be missing. Quinn begins to
wonder if she could be next on the killer's list -- or could
she already be dead? Fortunately, Markoff left Quinn a clue
and this clue could be the key to solving the mystery of
Markoff's death and saving an innocent life. If only Quinn
can figure out what it means!
With help from his apprentice, Nate, and his forbidden
love, Orlando, Quinn undertakes the task of finding
Markoff's killer and tracking down Jenny. But this isn't a
job Quinn will get paid for. Instead, he will be exacting
justice for a friend and the price might just be his very
own life.
I enjoyed reading THE DECEIVED because of the many twists
and turns in the plot. Often, I thought I knew what was
going on, I thought I had figured out "whodunit," but by
the end of the next page, I doubted myself again and felt
as clueless as I did when Markoff's body was first
discovered. I felt suspicious of every character and
trusted no one!
The Cleaner, which introduced hero Jonathan Quinn.
A freelance operative and professional "cleaner," Quinn
knows better than to get emotionally involved in any of
his jobs. But in this superb powerhouse of suspense,
Quinn’s latest job is different. A friend and old
colleague has been murdered. A woman has gone missing. And
for Jonathan Quinn, this time it’s
personal.
Anonymity. Trust. Professionalism.
In his world, Jonathan Quinn has a few rules. He’ll get
rid of bodies that have to disappear; nothing ever gets
traced back to him. But when Quinn is called to a busy Los
Angeles port where a shipping container has just come in
from the sea, it’s clear his rules have been violated.
Inside the crate is a dead man—a man who once saved
Quinn’s life. And while no one knows how CIA agent Steven
Markoff died, Quinn has to do more than clean. He has to
find Markoff’s girlfriend, Jenny. To tell her that Markoff
is dead. To find out why—and why someone sent Markoff’s
body to him.
Until a week ago, Jenny Fuentes was an
assistant to an ambitious congressman. Now Jenny is
missing, too, and a lot of man power is making sure she
isn’t found. But Quinn has his own man power. He has tools
that can pry into secrets held anywhere in the world. He
has the skill to trade blows with killers and spies. And
he has covert weapons: his eager and smart apprentice,
Nate, and brilliant Orlando, his closest friend, who’s
saved his life more than once.
Racing from the
corridors of power in Washington to the bustling streets
of Singapore, Quinn won’t stop until he uncovers the truth
behind his friend’s violent death, the astounding reason
Jenny has vanished—and what she knows about the most
explosive deception of all.
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