Double Strike: A Tandem Takedown Thriller

Navy SEAL Neil Cox would do just about anything to find his father's body. He wants to give the missing FBI undercover agent a proper burial.The Irish-American mobster suspected of committing the murder has never been caught, thanks to his co-opted sources in law enforcement. But when Paddy O'Hurley seeks Stinger missiles for the IRA, he becomes a serious national security threat. As the body count grows, the FBI Special Investigations team in Washington concocts an ambitious "double strike" plan on two continents with the help of the CIA. First order of business is to break Pádraig O'Hurley's connection to IRA terrorists, so that peace negotiations can begin in earnest in Northern Ireland.Jaded by his most recent assignment, CIA Officer Rand Morgan reluctantly agrees postpone his return to America in order to pose as a priest and shadow Father James on his religious pilgrimage through Italy. Morgan's mission takes a desperate turn at the Sanctuary di Oropa, when he unexpectedly discovers Father James is stalked by vicious contract killers. No one really knows why the mobster wants him dead, but it's clear the priest is on O'Hurely's hit list.Meanwhile, the FBI is out to crush O'Hurley's criminal empire in New England, where the sadistic megalomaniac is publicly lauded as a modern day Robin Hood. To do that, they enlist Neil Cox, knowing he would do anything to avenge his father's murder. Once Cox manages to provoke O'Hurley, with the help of some of his Navy SEAL buddies, the harrowing international chase is on. Will O'Hurley get his hands on those Stinger missiles and disrupt the peace talks? Find out in this epic stand-alone thriller!

• | Author: S M Barton
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: May 17, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 385 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1099017459
• | ISBN-13: 9781099017452