04/13/2015
In bestseller Wolf’s exciting third Jeremy Fisk novel (after 2014’s The Execution), the head of a Mexican drug cartel, angered that an attempt to kill the NYPD Intelligence Division detective has failed, calls in a master assassin to complete the job. Meanwhile, a fanatical killer using drones and calling himself Yodeler promises to kill a person a day until imprisoned whistle-blower Merritt Verlyn, who provided Intelligence Division documents to WikiLeaks, is released. The Joint Terrorism Task Force team is formed to deal with Yodeler’s threat and track down the thousands of missing documents that Verlyn stole. Fisk ends up a reluctant partner with New York Times journalist Chay Maryland, who may hold the key to the missing documents. In spite of a bewildering alphabet soup of agencies, gadgets, and systems, plus numerous subplots, Wolf keeps the story moving briskly. Fisk and Maryland make a surprisingly good team, and both play key roles in the startling ending. (June)
01/01/2015
Det. Jeremy Fisk is dealing with the fallout from having his unlisted home address leaked and the leaker arrested when a serial sniper starts knocking off people on the streets of New York, possibly with the help of advanced drone technology. From Law & Order creator Wolf; a 100,000-copy first printing.
2015-04-01
In Wolf's third Jeremy Fisk thriller, a sniper using a specially equipped drone is randomly killing people in New York. He promises to continue doing so until a leaker of police intelligence materials, who has been taken into custody, is released. The classified documents, as reported in the New York Times, reveal that the NYPD's Intelligence Division is collecting information on law-abiding Muslims throughout the city. The information, leaked by one Merritt Verlyn, includes Fisk's unlisted address, which his enemies in the Mexican Cartel are happy to have. They waste no time sending a hit squad to the detective's door. On the run after escaping that threat, Fisk, whose Social Security number and date of birth were also exposed, discovers that his bank account has been emptied and his credit cards have been suspended. With a mysterious party calling himself Yodeler threatening to kill one person every day until Verlyn is released, Fisk teams up with Chay Maryland, the Times reporter who's covering the story, to track him down. Maryland is targeted herself by a young undercover Chinese intelligence officer who needs the leaked documents in her possession to penetrate the firewall of the newspaper and then that of the Department of Commerce. Wolf, creator of TV's Law & Order franchise, is in complete control. The basic outlines of the story may be familiar, but his smartly drawn characters and situations lift the novel, as do the crisp chase scenes and shootouts. And the sniper and drone elements couldn't be timelier. Another solid thriller by Wolf, who is proving as dependable a novelist as a TV producer.
Wolf’s best yet. . . . Wolf’s storytelling skills are on full display in The Ultimatum, and readers couldn’t ask for a more worthwhile beach read.” — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
“Exciting… Wolf keeps the story moving briskly. Fisk and Maryland make a surprisingly good team, and both play key roles in the startling ending.” — Publishers Weekly
“Wolf is not just a brilliant TV producer; he’s a fine writer, too. He keeps the pages turning and the suspense building. Exciting reading for suspense and procedural junkies.” — Wes Lukowsky, Booklist
“Dick Wolf doesn’t rip his stories from the headlines, he predicts them before they even happen! . . . Wolf is the most prescient thriller writer writing today. — The Daily News
“Wolf . . . is in complete control. . . . His smartly drawn characters and situations lift the novel, as do the crisp chase scenes and shootouts. Another solid thriller by Wolf, who is proving as dependable a novelist as a TV producer.” — Kirkus Reviews
“The third incredible book by Dick Wolf featuring Detective Jeremy Fisk. . . . [A]very intense and thrilling ride… In magnificent Dick Wolf fashion (creator of Law & Order), there are shadows and corruption around every corner. . . . Readers will love it. The chase scenes are unforgettable.” — Suspense Magazine
Wolf’s best yet. . . . Wolf’s storytelling skills are on full display in The Ultimatum, and readers couldn’t ask for a more worthwhile beach read.
The third incredible book by Dick Wolf featuring Detective Jeremy Fisk. . . . [A]very intense and thrilling ride… In magnificent Dick Wolf fashion (creator of Law & Order), there are shadows and corruption around every corner. . . . Readers will love it. The chase scenes are unforgettable.
Dick Wolf doesn’t rip his stories from the headlines, he predicts them before they even happen! . . . Wolf is the most prescient thriller writer writing today.
Wolf is not just a brilliant TV producer; he’s a fine writer, too. He keeps the pages turning and the suspense building. Exciting reading for suspense and procedural junkies.
Wolf’s best yet. . . . Wolf’s storytelling skills are on full display in The Ultimatum, and readers couldn’t ask for a more worthwhile beach read.