Hannah Nicks has nothing left to lose. She has already lost custody of her son, and in her mind that is everything, so her primary objective is to regain custody. In order to accomplish that goal, she must have financial independence. She is trained as an undercover police officer for the Los Angeles Sheriff's department, but she gives it up for something that pays more.
With her ability to speak Greek and Arabic and her hope of financial security, she opts for a career of freelancing for a privately funded security agency with government contracts. While on a mission in war torn Iraq, Hannah discovers something that may lead to a kidnapped American doctor. She completes her assigned mission, and decides to risk all to rescue the doctor and collect the million dollar reward.
After her unauthorized mission, Hannah finds herself blacklisted from government contracts. These unforeseen complications lead her back home to Los Angeles. By some quirk of fate, Hannah glimpses a face in a crowd. A face that she recognizes from her time in Iraq. A face that she will never forget. A face that leads her deeper and deeper into a web of deceit. Will she put a name to the face? Will she be able to untangle the web in time? Will she be able to save herself?
Taylor Smith has written a very compelling story of one woman's struggle to do what is right. The intricacies of all characters and agencies involved are astounding. SLIM TO NONE is an exceptional novel. I found the tale exciting, and the plot fascinating if not a little scary to think that such things could happen or do happen. Taylor Smith definitely has her niche in the political thriller market, and SLIM TO NONE is a book to keep an eye out for.
When a talented covert-ops specialist driven by a single, personal purpose interrupts a conspiracy that reaches from the darkest corners of the Middle East to the upper echelons of Washington and beyond, her chances of survival are . . . Slim To None. After losing custody of her young son, security specialist Hannah Nicks has one goal: earn enough money to retire and raise her child. The fastest way to accomplish that is to take on a covert, privately funded mission in the Middle East, and in a war fueled more by money than morality, Hannah is on only one side -- her own. When the opportunity arises to do a little extra business, rescuing a kidnapped American doctor and retrieving a handsome reward, Hannah figures Why not? But when the mission ends badly, she discovers the price of her risks: the loss of a young ally, the reward money and her reputation.
Two years later, Hannah is back in Los Angeles, no closer to gaining custody, more uncertain of her fitness as a mother and even less in demand for employment. But when a chance encounter leads to the man who ruined her mission in Iraq, Hannah plans to even the score. Now she's got another shot at unraveling a tangled web of lies and treachery that, she soon discovers, could drag America to its knees. Her only ally is a cop who has burned a few too many bridges himself, a man who understands that the odds are always better when you have nothing left to lose.
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