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The Inside Ring: A Novel
Written by Mike Lawson
Narrated by Pete Bradbury
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"The video begins with the President walking toward a marine helicopter . . ."
From a bluff overlooking Georgia's untamed Chattooga River, an assassin fires three shots. The President of the United States is wounded; his best friend and a Secret Service agent are killed. Two days later, a man in Landover, Maryland, commits suicide and in the man's home is overwhelming evidence that he was responsible for the assassination attempt.
General Andy Banks, the Secretary of Homeland Security, is nursing a guilty conscience. Only days before the assassination attempt on the President, Banks had received a note with a dire warning: "Eagle One is in danger. Cancel Chattooga River. The inside ring has been compromised. This is not a joke." The message-on Secret Service stationery-was signed "An agent in the wrong place." Banks immediately passed the note on to Secret Service Director Patrick Donnelly, who proceeded to ignore it.
Even after the assassin is found dead, Banks is determined to dig a little deeper. He turns to Speaker of the House John Fitzgerald Mahoney. The Speaker has a guy-an under-the-radar, go-to guy he uses for things like this-things he can't afford to have connected to his office. The guy is Joe DeMarco, an honest lawyer with a sordid family history.
After one meeting with Banks, DeMarco realizes he's in way over his head. But Mahoney finds the prospect of taking down Donnelly irresistible and sets DeMarco on a trail that twists through the Secret Service, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security and snakes all the way back to one of the more enduring mysteries of the twentieth century.
Brimming with suspense, authenticity, and wit, The Inside Ring marks the debut of a major new talent and introduces a cast of intriguing characters with many more cases ahead.
From a bluff overlooking Georgia's untamed Chattooga River, an assassin fires three shots. The President of the United States is wounded; his best friend and a Secret Service agent are killed. Two days later, a man in Landover, Maryland, commits suicide and in the man's home is overwhelming evidence that he was responsible for the assassination attempt.
General Andy Banks, the Secretary of Homeland Security, is nursing a guilty conscience. Only days before the assassination attempt on the President, Banks had received a note with a dire warning: "Eagle One is in danger. Cancel Chattooga River. The inside ring has been compromised. This is not a joke." The message-on Secret Service stationery-was signed "An agent in the wrong place." Banks immediately passed the note on to Secret Service Director Patrick Donnelly, who proceeded to ignore it.
Even after the assassin is found dead, Banks is determined to dig a little deeper. He turns to Speaker of the House John Fitzgerald Mahoney. The Speaker has a guy-an under-the-radar, go-to guy he uses for things like this-things he can't afford to have connected to his office. The guy is Joe DeMarco, an honest lawyer with a sordid family history.
After one meeting with Banks, DeMarco realizes he's in way over his head. But Mahoney finds the prospect of taking down Donnelly irresistible and sets DeMarco on a trail that twists through the Secret Service, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security and snakes all the way back to one of the more enduring mysteries of the twentieth century.
Brimming with suspense, authenticity, and wit, The Inside Ring marks the debut of a major new talent and introduces a cast of intriguing characters with many more cases ahead.
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Mike Lawson
Mike Lawson is a former nuclear engineer who turned to full-time writing in May 2003. He lives with his family in the United States.
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Reviews for The Inside Ring
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyman Joe happens to have a pretty unique job--he is special counsel to the US Congress. Which sounds more glamorous than it is...In reality, he works for the Speaker of the House, making sure embarrassing things about members of Congress never make it into the press or pressuring representatives for their votes. When there is an assassination attempt on the president, the Speaker loans him out to the Director of Homeland Security who had received an anonymous tip that something was wrong. What starts out as a political action thriller quickly gets more interesting and ends up feeling a lot like a Southern gothic. Not a true mystery, more aspects of action/suspense, still a good read and I am looking forward to the next in the series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fun read that got quite page turning by its last chapters. The plot does stray towards being pretty ridiculous by the end. But I will probably read then next one in the series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Political thriller, a fast read. (ebook version)
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joe DeMarco is an ex-mobster's son and lawyer, who between luck and circumstance, ends up working (on the down-low) for Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, as his guy that gets things done. Obviously, this very important job is demonstrated through his ill-lit basement office, housed conveniently next to the maintenance office. In "The Inside Ring", the first book in the DeMarco series, the Head of Homeland Security (Banks) asks Mahoney for DeMarco's help in investigating an assassination attempt on the President, which may have been an inside job. As DeMarco begins to gather information regarding the Secret Service's potential knowledge of and involvement in the attempt, he finds a much more complicated situation, which involves a number of people, both in Washington D.C. and in the swampy marshlands of Georgia. DeMarco pulls in a number of friends and acquaintences who help him gather information "off the record" on potential suspects. This cadre of individuals brightens up the storyline as they each appear to have significant personal flaws that warrant further exploration in later novels. DeMarco and his "friend" Emma run into life threatening circumstances as they dig deeper in their investigation. DeMarco (and Emma) are both particularly likeable characters, which in combination with the suspence and unexpected humor of the book, made this a fun, and quick read. I am definately looking forward to reading more books by this author and seeing what is in store for DeMarco, Emma and his other Washingon pals.