Die Twice: A David Trevellyan Novel

by Andrew Grant Narrated by John Lee

Overview

Obliged to leave New York City in the aftermath of his previous mission, David Trevellyan is summoned to the British Consulate in Chicago. To the same office where, just a week before, his new handler was attacked and shot by a Royal Navy Intelligence operative gone bad. Assigned the job of finding the rogue agent and putting an end to his treacherous scheme, Trevellyan soon finds that once again, his only hopes of saving countless innocent lives lie not within the system, but in his own instincts and skills. Trust is an illusion-trust the wrong person, and it could get you killed.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Lt. Cdr. David Trevellyan continues to operate on U.S. soil in Grant's testosterone-fueled second adventure to feature the British naval intelligence officer (after Even). After leaving behind seven dead bodies in New York City, Trevellyan reports to veteran liaison officer Richard Fothergill in Chicago, where a rogue British operative, Tony McIntyre, is planning to sell a secret and deadly gas to the tiny West African nation of Equatorial Myene. With Fothergill providing intel, Trevellyan attempts to locate McIntyre with orders to effect a “hard arrest,” i.e., kill him, and to recover the gas canisters from either McIntyre or the Africans. The stakes rise as more than one bidder has his sights set on the gas, and Trevellyan and Fothergill have only each other to rely on. Trevellyan is macho enough and deadly enough to satisfy the most jaded thriller fan, though he's slower than most readers will be to figure out what's going on. (May)

Library Journal

David Trevellyan returns shortly after the events that ended Grant's debut novel, Even. Exiled from New York and at loose ends, Trevellyan comes to the aid of a legendary member of the British Royal Navy Intelligence Service trying to recover a canister of lethal gas. Grant's first-person narration puts the reader in the front seat of heart-pounding action scenes with a hard man who has no compunction about killing. The tension is relieved by Trevellyan's wry, understated sense of humor but never long enough to make the story lose momentum. VERDICT A solid adrenaline rush from start to finish from the brother of Lee Child. [Library marketing; national tour.]

Kirkus Reviews

British superspy Trevellyan, who, in his debut (Even, 2009) outsmarted the NYPD, the FBI, his own Royal Navy intelligence service and bottom-feeders on both sides of the pond, is back again toiling and foiling. Ordered to report to the British consulate in Chicago, Lieutenant Commander David Trevellyan leaves New York-scene of his most recent sorties against the iniquitous-hoping to be posted back to London. Not on. What does happen is the sort of doleful assignment that all honest and true intelligence agents must hate like poison. Actually, it concerns poison. Also, an unmitigated traitor, a fellow intelligence officer who, it turns out, is smart, resourceful and as adept at homicide as Trevellyan himself. With a career somewhat on the wane, Trevellyan had been hoping for a more conventional assignment, one that might help him regain favor from jaundiced admirals grown weary of mavericks. Instead, he's lumbered with a "hard arrest"-"the kind that involves body bags rather than handcuffs." Still, as he listens to Richard Fothergill, the liaison officer, make the case against Tony McIntyre, the reprobate in question, he begins warming to the task. Things like the stolen canisters of gas are persuasive. Lethal enough to poison by the thousands, they were lifted by Macintyre for the sole purpose of making him rich, in aid of which the killer gas is now being offered on the open market-genocidal perps with deep pockets please apply. But to secure a hard arrest, one needs proximity to a more or less cooperative body, and cunning MacIntyre is proving endlessly elusive. So, the cat-and-mouse game's afoot with the cat and mouse changing places at murderous intervals. The part about the body bags? No worries there. Skimpy plot, shallow characters, sophomore jinx. Wait for the next.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169660753
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	05/11/2010
Series:	David Trevellyan Novels , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,153,728

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