TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berenson,Alex
TI  - The Silent Man : John Wells #3
SN  - 9780399155383
AV  - PS3602.E75146 S55 2009
U1  - 813/.6 22
CY  - New York
PB  - G.P. Putnam's Sons
KW  - United States
KW  - Central Intelligence Agency
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Intelligence officers
N2  - Bestseller Berenson's well-plotted and thoughtful third thriller to feature CIA agent John Wells (after The Ghost War) finds Wells and his fellow CIA agent and fiancée, Jenny Exley, living happily together in Washington, D.C., content to devote themselves to fighting the forces of evil. One morning, while stuck in traffic on their way to CIA headquarters, men on motorcycles attack them in their minivan. Exley suffers a serious gunshot injury in an act of revenge by minions of Pierre Kowalski, an enemy from an earlier book. Meanwhile, jihadists bent on destroying America steal two small atomic bombs. These extremely clever villains, per Berenson's style, aren't mad dog idiots but credible characters with reasons, at least from their own perspective, to be doing the great evil they're planning. Fast and furious when it needs to be, this is a welcome addition to an excellent series. Berenson won an Edgar for his first novel, The Faithful Spy
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