Double Crossfire

by A. J. Tata

Overview

National Bestselling Author of Besieged, A Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 selection
 
“Tata’s books are absolute rollercoaster rides.”
—Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect
 
President By Any Means Necessary
 
Despite the election results, losing candidate Jamie Carter refuses to accept businessman and political newbie Jack Smart as her president. In fact, Carter is determined to take her rightful place in the White House—by any means necessary. Once she maneuvers her way into the Senate, only three people stand in her way: the Speaker of the House, the Vice President, and the President himself . . .
 
The countdown begins. The assassins are ready. But when one of them tries to kill the CIA Director under Jake Mahegan’s watch, the plan is momentarily derailed. Jake is able to prevent one murder—but the conspiracy is too big, and too insidious, to stop now. Senator Jamie Carter is the mastermind behind one of the bloodiest coups ever conceived. Her highly trained killers are closing in on all the president’s men. And the course of American history will be changed forever—on Assassination Day . . .
 
“This is the best thriller yet by the former brigadier general.”
—Booklist STARRED REVIEW on Dark Winter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786043101
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	04/28/2020
Series:	Jake Mahegan Series , #6
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	26,432
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata, U.S. Army (Retired), is the national bestselling author of Direct Fire, Reaper Ghost Target, Besieged (a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best Mystery/Thriller of 2017), Three Minutes to Midnight, Foreign and Domestic, and the Threat series. During his active duty military career, he commanded combat units in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 10th Mountain Division. His last combat tour was in Afghanistan in 2007 where he earned the Combat Action Badge and the Bronze Star Medal. He is a frequent foreign policy guest commentator on Fox News, CNN, and One America News Network’s Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler. Previously, General Tata served as the Secretary of Transportation of North Carolina, Superintendent of Schools for Wake County Public School System, and Chief Operating Officer of Washington, DC, Public Schools.
 
Brigadier General Tata donates a portion of his earnings to the USO Metro DC, the North Carolina Heroes Fund, and the Michael Murphy Foundation.

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2019

Tata’s disappointing sixth Jake Mahegan novel (after 2018’s Dark Winter) focuses on Jake’s girlfriend, Army Ranger Capt. Cassie Bagwell, who’s at the Valley Trauma Center, a rehab facility in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where she’s recovering from wounds suffered in her last mission. All the women at the center are receiving mysterious injections and extensive military training. After a few months, Cassie escapes, somehow ending up in the North Carolina home of her godmother, Sen. Jamie Carter, who’s smarting from having lost the recent presidential election. Meanwhile, the Resistance, a shadowy organization that intends to take over the government, is plotting to kill the U.S. president and the vice president. An attempt on the life of the CIA director, whom Jake is protecting, amounts to a warning shot. Tata carefully sets up the intricate plot, but rushes through the action. This one reads like notes for a thriller rather than the fully realized series entry that the author usually delivers. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media Group. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Double Crossfire

“Jake Mahegan remains a strong series lead, and his fans will still want to follow his adventures.”
—Booklist

Praise for Anthony J. Tata’s Direct Fire, A Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 selection
 
“Anthony J. Tata is in the top tier of thriller writers working today. His books are absolute rollercoaster rides and he brings a pace and scope to his novels that make them especially fun and fascinating reads.”
—Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Agent in Place and Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect
 
“The high-octane action scenes make this a must-read for military thriller fans.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“Horrific at times, spine-tingling throughout, Tata once again proves capable of writing a firestorm that’s even scarier because it is all too real.”
—Suspense Magazine
 
“Tata does a wonderful job balancing the action with the characters and generates a sense of claustrophobia that only adds to the tension. Fans of books set in the world of special ops will surely enjoy this one.”
—Booklist
 
More Praise for Anthony J. Tata and his electrifying thrillers
 
“Anthony Tata ups his game to a whole new level in Three Minutes to Midnight, which just might be the best pure, hardcore thriller of the year so far. It’s Brad Thor and the late, great Vince Flynn. . . . The perfect mix of style and substance that’s as ambitiously plotted as it is exquisitely realized.”
—Jon Land, The Providence Sunday Journal
 
“Riveting . . . Mahegan stands out from the crowd of usual thriller heroes . . . Vivid descriptions of close-quarters combat…Tata keeps the story twisting to the rousing final pages.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
“Absolutely fantastic . . . pulse-pounding.”
—Brad Thor
 
“An explosive, seat‑of‑your‑pants thriller!”
—W.E.B. Griffin
 
“Crackling with action and tension.”
—Steve Berry

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