The Prisoner's Wife
A Thriller
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2.5 • 6 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The Prisoner's Wife is a political thriller ripped from today's headlines –a tense trip through the murky worlds of state– sponsored terrorism, nuclear politics, secret American jails and lawless rendition. Shawn Maguire, unemployed American spy, has been paid to find a young Iranian now being interrogated in one of the CIA's black prisons. The prisoner may be in Fes, in Cairo or in Peshawar, but Shawn has every confidence that he'll find his man. Based on his time as an agent, it's an assignment he knows he can handle. But he's not so sure he can handle… the prisoner's wife.
Gerard Macdonald's The Prisoner's Wife takes a pulse-pounding look at the political intrigue in the Middle-East.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British YA author Macdonald (The Boy Who Won the Pools) makes his adult debut with a thoughtful, low-key spy thriller set in 2004. Desperate for work, former American intelligence agent Shawn Maguire agrees to try to find Darius Osmani, a suspected Pakistani terrorist kidnapped by the CIA, from which Maguire was fired for his violent temper and excessive drinking. Osmani supposedly possesses nuclear secrets, and Maguire's client, a shadowy arms dealer, doesn't trust the CIA to keep those secrets out of Pakistani hands. In Paris, Maguire meets Osmani's wife, the captivating Danielle Baptiste, and together the pair go in search of the captive through France, Britain, Morocco, Egypt, and finally Pakistan. The action-starved plot sputters at times as Maguire ponders his past, present, and future. Yet Macdonald's compelling portrait of his protagonist as a man scarred by professional failure and personal grief will keep patient readers turning the pages.
Customer Reviews
Unimpressive
Books like this make me reluctant to try new authors. A parade of left wing digs and horrid attention to detail. Underwhelming.