The Execution: A Jeremy Fisk Novel Author: Dick Wolf | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DB2WPL6 | Format: PDF
The Execution: A Jeremy Fisk Novel Description
NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk—introduced in Law & Order creator Dick Wolf’s New York Times bestselling debut The Intercept—must stop an assassin in the pay of a shadowy cartel in The Execution, a tense thriller that superbly blends suspense, politics, intrigue and high-flying action in the tradition of Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, and Robert Crais.
Ten days after the Mexican presidential election, twenty-three bodies are discovered beheaded on the United States border, each marked with a carving of a Hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency recognizes it: it is the signature of an assassin called Chuparosa. Garza has been pursuing the killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that he’s heading to New York—with the rest of the world.
It’s United Nations Week in Manhattan and Jeremy Fisk can’t let grief over a devastating loss keep him from safeguarding his city. Complicating matters is the startling news of a mass murder in nearby Rockaway—and the arrival of a disturbingly beautiful and assertive Mexican cop.
To have a chance at finding Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must learn to work together and fast. As they soon discover, there’s more to this threat than meets the eye—and that justice is not always blind.
- File Size: 800 KB
- Print Length: 357 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0062064851
- Publisher: William Morrow (January 7, 2014)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DB2WPL6
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,334 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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"The Execution" is prolific television writer and producer Dick Wolf's second novel, both featuring NYPD detective, Jeremy Fisk. Fisk is recovering from wounds resulting from intercepting Swedish Muslim terrorists who were sneaking into the US across the Canadian border--yes, I know it sounds screwy. He is assigned light duty including protecting diplomats during United Nations Week in New York which will include the presidents of both Mexico and the US signing a narcoterrorism treaty.
But something evil is afoot. Twenty-three headless bodies were discovered along the US/Mexico border and just as UN Week begins, more beheaded bodies are found on Rockaway Beach in Queens. A Hummingbird is found carved into these bodies, a symbol representing a depraved violent Mexican killer known only as Chuparosa. Commandante Cecelia Garza, an officer in Mexico's intelligence agency, arrives in NY to protect Mexican President Vargas while secretly hoping to find Chuparosa for personal reasons.
After some initial sparring, Fisk and Garza reluctantly team up to stop an anticipated assassination which no one else deems credible. Distrust and suspicion slowly dies between the two as potential romantic sparks begin to build; yet, there remain unspoken secrets between them that prevent romantic action. Garza has other agendas that Fisk can only speculate upon as they close in on the mysterious Chuparosa, all the while wondering who pulls his strings. The climax and its aftermath finally raised the thrill level for this reader as more than one secret and more than one killer is revealed.
I respect and enjoy Wolf's work immensely on television and I thoroughly enjoyed "The Intercept", his first novel.
As a fan of Dick Wolf's work, primarily Law & Order SVU, I've come to see his shows on a scale from Ok to Wow!!. This book was Ok. The main character, Jeremy Fisk, is ported over from Wolf's first novel (The Intercept). This time the book kicks off with Jeremy fighting Swedish jihadists infiltrating from Canada. (That may sound weird, but this section is one of the best written and interesting parts of the book.) As part of the NYPD Intelligence Division, Jeremy must deal with various federal agencies including Homeland Security, FBI, ICE, Marshall's Office and CIA. In addition, the UN, every foreign government, and every agency within every government has some kind of security apparatus with whom Fisk must liaise.
After the Swedish jihadists incident, Fisk (who's recuperating from the incident) is tasked by the NYPD to work with security during UN Week, an event where heads of state from all over the world converge on NYC. It's supposed to be light work, mostly desk work, but Fisk gets caught up in the drama of protecting the Mexican president who is to sign an anti-drug trafficking accord with the US president. However, Fisk gets wind of an attempt on the life of the Mexican president, dramatically announced by the discovery of several decapitated bodies on Rockaway beach (part of Queens). It has all of the hallmarks of a Mexican drug cartel execution. The victims are identified by different cartel tattoos, and Fisk comes to learn of the evil Mexican drug kingpin known as "Chuparosa." The word 'chuparosa' is a Mexican term for hummingbird (literally, 'rose sipper'), and the bad guy leaves hummingbird calling cards in his wake. Thus Fisk meets Mexican Comandante Cecilia Garza--a stunningly beautiful Mexican intelligence agent.
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