The Rook

Special Agent Patrick Bowers is about to uncover the military's darkest secret . . . and his own dark past.

While investigating a series of baffling fires in San Diego, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue where nothing is as it appears to be. With a killer on the loose and one of the world's most deadly devices missing, Bowers is caught in a race against time to stop a criminal mastermind's trap before it closes around the people he loves.

Full of fast-paced action and mind-bending plot twists, The Rook is an adrenaline-laced page-turner that will hold you captive until the very end.

“In his second thriller about FBI criminologist Patrick Bowers, James delivers the caffeinated plot twists and intriguing characterisations that made The Pawn a welcome addition to the suspense genre It’s a wild ride with a shocking conclusion.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)