Torpedoed simple

Torpedoed simpleHe was a man of mystery: Edmond D. Pope former Naval Intelligence officer, then private businessman, in Russia looking for some answers. It was a top secret operation: The CIA and the Canadian secret service out to steal one of Russia's crown jewels: the plans to a submarine torpedo that travels an astonishing 300 miles per hour. He was the new man in charge: Vladimir Putin former head of the KGB, now boss of all Russia and a man who wanted to set an

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That's the challenge Regina Brett sets forth in Be the Miracle

for the first time in their long game of cat and mouse

In this wonderfully engaging

Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend dead

they take up space that you need for the good things that move you toward your destiny

and Mo Tucker - would soon become the house band of the avantgarde

An eco-terrorist with a trust fund

the war zone was sealed off to outsiders

and the prejudice that Lees documents of some black musicians against their white counterparts

and space opera at its best (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

and is doing everything in its power to kill him