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Zusatztext Praise for The Midnight House “Berenson combines his thorough knowledge of the Middle East with an acquired sense of corporate intrigue in this bullet-paced! psychologically engaging tale of torture and espionage.”— The New York Times “A superbly crafted spy thriller that doubles as a gripping mystery.”— Kirkus Reviews “A refreshing hero! the anti–Jack Bauer...Cinematic firefights and fisticuffs.”— St. Petersburg Times “Arguably Berenson’s best thriller yet.”— Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Alex Berenson Klappentext The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deceivers delivers a gripping John Wells thriller that takes readers into the darkest shadows of a silent war… One morning, a former CIA agent is shot to death in the street. That night, an army vet is gunned down in his doorway. The next day, John Wells gets a phone call. Come to Langley. Now. The victims were part of an interrogation team that operated out of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House, where they worked over the toughest jihadis, extracting information by any means necessary. Now Wells must find out who is killing them. Islamic terrorists are the likeliest suspects, and Wells is uniquely qualified to go undercover and find them. But the trail of blood leads him to a place he couldn't have imagined: Home. . . . I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow, to the land of deepest night. —Job 10:21–22 Praise for THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE “In Berenson’s skillful hands, moral dilemmas and rousing action produce a novel very much worth reading.” — The Dallas Morning News “Berenson tells a fast-paced and riveting tale that ranges from derring-do in Pakistan and Cairo, to plodding gumshoe detection in L.A. and New Orleans, to assassination in San Francisco, and to bureaucratic trench warfare in Washington, D.C. His characters are either deftly sketched or fully realized. His writing is succinct, with dashes of cynical humor. But the book’s linchpin is decisions made by the U.S. after 9/11—decisions that seem to be sparking a flurry of outstanding espionage novels, with Berenson’s work in the forefront.” — Booklist “Ingeniously plotted and fast-paced . . . The story features emotionally affecting and high-action scenes in vividly portrayed settings; memorable characters contribute to the reader’s comprehension of how the CIA’s overseas ‘rendition’ program may have been of enormous benefit to national security but also grossly immoral and personally destructive to its participants, terror suspects and interrogators alike. Verdict: Arguably Berenson’s best thriller yet, this outstanding novel stands on the top rung of commercial spy fiction.” — Library Journal “A superbly crafted spy thriller that doubles as a gripping mystery; the reader has no idea who the killer is until Wells figures it out.” — Kirkus Reviews “John Wells is back, lean and just mean enough . . . Berenson, who has covered the Iraq war for the New York Times , does a fine job with the book’s globe-trotting settings and satisfyingly twisted plot. Wells is a refreshing thriller hero, sort of the anti–Jack Bauer. Although The Midnight House has its share of cinematic firefights and fisticuffs, we more often see Wells pursuing the real work of spycraft: learning a culture well enough to blend in (whether in Pakistan or Langley), listening to people closely enough to see what’s going on behind their words, practicing patience.” — St. Petersburg Times THE SILENT MAN “ The Silent Man succeeds in seizing the [reader’s] attention from the start and never letting go.” — The New York Times “John Wells saves the world for the third time in as many books, but we wouldn’t have it any o...
