The Red Room

Publisher Marketing: In the newest international thrill ride from "New York Times"-bestselling author Ridley Pearson, John Knox and Grace Chu, the incomparable and often incompatible duo, team up again, this time in the exotic city between two worlds, Istanbul. "What s it like to see yourself in a picture you never knew was taken?" John Knox is an expert at surveillance and delicate, international dealings. So he is understandably thrown when David Sarge Dulwich, his contact at Rutherford Risk, hands him a photo of a transaction he recently facilitated in the Middle East. More curious to him, he s shown that photo while in the Red Room, the private security company s highly secure underground bunker, where eavesdropping is impossible and privacy ensured. Why all the cloak-and-dagger? Knox is pressured into accepting a job as an art broker in the mysterious Istanbul, a city situated on two continents where East meets West and Islam meets Christianity. It is a melting pot of spies, terrorists, and conflicting interests. Teamed with smart, quick, and fearless Grace Chu, Knox must navigate a murky operation, the only goal of which is to spend five minutes in the proximity of a man they ve never met. Why? What can it possibly matter? And why are so many others bound and determined to see it never happens at any cost?" Review Citations: Audio File 10/01/2014 pg. 40 (EAN 9781480533493, Compact Disc) Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2014 pg. 67 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 04/28/2014 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 40 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2014 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) Romantic Times 06/01/2014 pg. 66 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 06/24/2014 (EAN 9780399163746, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Pearson, Ridley Ridley Pearson is the author of more than two dozen crime novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Killer Summer, Killer View, and Probable Cause. He is also the author of the bestselling Lou Boldt crime series, and the young reader series The Kingdom Keepers. In 1990, Pearson was awarded the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship at Wadam College, Oxford. In 2009, he was a visiting professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. Contributor Bio:  Haberkorn, Todd Todd Haberkorn works professionally in Los Angeles as an actor, director, producer, and writer. As a narrator, he has won multiple Earphone Awards and has had the pleasure of narrating everything from a maritime thriller to a story about a bed-and-breakfast vacation spot for aliens.