Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor
Scribner
October 2023
On Sale: October 10, 2023
432 pages ISBN: 1501101811 EAN: 9781501101816 Kindle: B0BTZ9KZZN Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson
DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the return of
Special Agents Brodie and Taylor who are on the hunt for the
cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents.
Army Criminal Investigation Agents
Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five
months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission
in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter.
Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with
investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special
Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished
counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western
Germany, and whose body was discovered in a city park in the
heart of Berlin’s Arab refugee community.
The authorities suspect this is an act of Islamic
terrorism, but Brodie and Taylor soon believe there is more
to this case. The reason for Vance’s presence in
Berlin is unknown, and as Brodie and Taylor work to discover
what the murder victim was doing in the days and weeks
preceding his death, they become immersed in the many
conflicts and contradictions of modern Germany—the
Arab refugee crisis, the dark legacy of the Cold War and the
Stasi secret police, and the imminent threats of a rising
neo-Nazi movement. At the same time, they are butting heads
with the authorities—both German and
American—and facing a possible threat from American
intelligence agents who fear that Brodie and Taylor might
have learned too much about US clandestine operations during
their mission in Venezuela.
Ultimately, Brodie
and Taylor realize that the murder of Harry Vance was merely
the prelude to a much more sinister future
event—unless they can unravel the mystery in time to
stop it.