The #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport novels delivers โa page-turner with a new hero, [and a] breakneck pace" (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
Former senator Lincoln Bowe, a Republican, has been missing for several days, setting off alarms on both sides of the political aisle. Finally, he is discovered in the remote Virginia woods, barb-wired to a tree, burned almost beyond recognition and missing his head. Democratic "research assistant" (read: fixer) Jacob Winter, exโArmy Intelligence, wounded in Afghanistan, is called in by the Democratic president to unravel an extremely messy situation and shield his office from any hint of scandal. As this runaway train picks up speed, innocents are murdered, and the guilty come to Jesus. . . .ย
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"Sandford is a master at creating believable, indelible characters like Winter. . . . [He] is peerless when it comes to economical, taut plotting, most notably at building tension.ย Dead Watchย is anything but politics as usual.โโSan Antonio Express-News