The silent man

CIA Agent John Wells and his colleague -- and fiancée -- Jennifer Exley are driving into work when traffic comes to a standstill, due to accidents on both bridges into Washington. A pretty big coincidence, he thinks, beginning to get a bad feeling -- a feeling that only gets worse... Before the day...

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Main Author: Berenson, Alex
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Series:Berenson, Alex, John Wells novel ; 3.
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Summary:CIA Agent John Wells and his colleague -- and fiancée -- Jennifer Exley are driving into work when traffic comes to a standstill, due to accidents on both bridges into Washington. A pretty big coincidence, he thinks, beginning to get a bad feeling -- a feeling that only gets worse... Before the day is over, several people will be dead or severely injured, Exley among them, and Wells will be a man possessed. The attackers are Russian, and it is to Russia that Wells must follow the trail.--From Amazon.com.
Physical Description:418 p. 24 cm.
ISBN:9780399155383
0399155384
Author Notes:Alex Berenson was born on January 6, 1973. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics. After college, he became a reporter for the Denver Post. In 1996, he became one of the first employees at TheStreet.com, the financial news website. In 1999, he became a reporter for The New York Times. While there he covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He left the Times in 2010 to concentrate on writing fiction, but he occasionally contributes to the newspaper.

His first book, The Faithful Spy, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His other works include The John Wells series and the nonfiction books The Number and The Prisoner.

(Bowker Author Biography)