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When a member of the US Diplomatic Security Service is gunned down on the streets of Tel Aviv, just-on-the-job Agent Raisa Jordan is left to figure out what's going on, even while protecting a US judge and his daughter.
In what appears to be a new series based on the US Diplomatic Security Service, Author Chris Goff introduces readers to Agent Raisa Jordan. Just installed in her post in Israel, Jordan finds herself dealing with the murder of her predecessor (who's supposed to be back in the States already). There's suspicion he was trading secrets with the Palestinians, but what secrets and why?
Key eye witnesses (and perhaps targets) are an American judge (a former SEAL) and his ailing daughter, whom he has brought to Israel for medical treatment. Is the judge a target as well? While the operation was interrupted in progress, both the Israelis and the Americans believe that the trouble isn't over yet. The US Secretary of State is due for a visit and presents a real opportunity for the Palestinians to disrupt the peace process as a result.
Soon Jordan finds she doesn't know whom she can trust, as everyone seems to have an alternate agenda. As a result, her life and work become a lot more hostile. Add to that the increasing tension of the arrival of the Secretary of State and a lack of communication by the Israelis (who don't want to share intel), and Jodan increasingly finds herself operating on the fly with an ever-changing game plan.
Her own history comes into play when her work intersects with that of an Israeli intelligence supervisor. That part of the story is more obscure, and the author clearly uses that carrot to dangle before readers at the end of this thriller, implying there will be more books to come. This is a solid, well told story from a unique perspective (an agent with the Diplomatic Security Service), but the author cheats her readers a bit just at the end, when she leaves too many questions unanswered.
§ Christine Zibas is a freelance writer and former director of publications for a Chicago nonprofit.
Reviewed by Christine Zibas, August 2015
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