Code 13 (The Navy JAG) - Hardcover

Brown, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410491021 ISBN 13: 9781410491022

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016

Synopsis

THE U.S. NAVY'S BILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF DRONES LANDS TWO NAVY JAG OFFICERS IN THE GUN SIGHTS OF A KILLER.

Caroline is just getting her feet wet at the prestigious Code 13, but is thankful for at least one familiar face--her old flame, P.J. MacDonald. He loops her into the assignment he is currently working on--the legality of a proposed drone-sharing contract with Homeland Security that would allow the sale of drones for domestic surveillance. The contractor wants a legal opinion clearing the contract for congressional approval. But the mob wants the proposal dead-on-arrival.

When P.J. is gunned down in cold blood and a second JAG officer is killed, one thing becomes clear: whoever is ordered to write the legal opinion on the drones becomes a target. Which is exactly why Caroline goes to her commanding officer and volunteers to write the legal opinion herself. She is determined to avenge P.J.'s death and trap the killer, even if that means making herself a target.

It is a deadly game of Russian roulette for the sake of justice, but Caroline is determined to see it through, even if it costs her life.

About this title

About the Author

Don Brown currently directs the RTLB professional development program at Victoria University of Wellington. He has worked as a teacher and psychologist in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. For some years he was Chief Psychologist and then Director, Special Education, in the New Zealand Department of Education. Since 1990 he has worked actively as a consultant and teacher educator of primary and secondary schools, colleges of education and at Victoria University of Wellington. He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to education. He is a fellow of the New Zealand Psychological Society.

Review

'Brown's intriguing second Navy JAG thriller (after 2015's Detained) follows Lt. Cmdr. Caroline McCormick from shipboard duty to the Pentagon's Code 13, the legal brain trust of the U.S. Navy, and into a harrowing personal and professional mission... Brown addresses the serious constitutional issues raised by the domestic use and control of drones, but readers should be prepared for corrupt, spineless politicians and other stock characters in an entry sure to please the author's many fans. '--Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410491021
• ISBN 13: 9781410491022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 676