A high-intensity thriller set in the celebrity playground of Sun Valley, Idaho, where the stakes are high, competition is fierce, and isn't always easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
Walt Fleming #3
Putnam
July 2009
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Featuring: Walt Fleming
384 pages ISBN: 0399155724 EAN: 9780399155727 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming returns in this high-intensity thriller from New York Timesβ bestselling author Ridley Pearson.
Sun Valley, Idahoβplayground of the wealthy and politically connectedβis home to an annual wine auction that attracts high rollers from across the country, and Blaine County Sheriff Walt Fleming is the one who must ensure it goes off without a hitch. The worldβs most elite wine connoisseurs have descended on Sun Valley to taste and bid on the worldβs best wines, including three bottles claimed to have been a gift from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. With sky-high prices all but guaranteed for these historic items, itβs no wonder a group of thieves is out to steal them. Walt is responsible for all aspects of the glitzy event, from security of the dignitaries to the physical safety of the auction site to the transportation and safeguard of the wines themselves.
Walt is enjoying a rare afternoon of freedom, fly-fishing with his nephew, Kevin, when a passing truck catches his eyeβ his suspicions throwing him headlong into the discovery of a complicated plan to steal the rare wine. When a bomb detonates just as the auction revs up, the investigation explodes as well, pulling Walt in a dozen different directions. It seems Walt is caught in the middle of a heist of epic proportionsβand not the heist he had prepared forβall orchestrated by the ingenious mind of Christopher Cantell, a man who appears to have covered everything, including the way Waltβs own sheriffβs office will react.
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