Horns of the Devil: A Jeff Trask Legal Thriller (Jeff Trask crime drama Series) - Softcover

Rainer, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480030236 ISBN 13: 9781480030237

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The beheaded body of an ambassador's son is dumped on the curb in front of his father's embassy just blocks from the White House. Federal prosecutor Jeff Trask and an FBI task force are called upon to solve the murder. Their search for the killers leads to the MS-13, a hyper-violent gang from El Salvador, but Trask and his team soon learn that someone else is also tracking their suspects, and with deadly efficiency. When Trask himself becomes a target, he realizes that he is caught in a cross-fire between two of the most ruthless organizations in the western hemisphere.Author Marc Rainer brings more than three decades of investigative and prosecutorial experience to this follow-up to his hit police procedural, "Capital Kill." "Horns of the Devil" provides a view into one of the most deadly organized crime threats facing the United States today, and takes the reader on a gripping ride through murder investigations complicated by Washington politics and international intrigue.

About this title

About the Author:

Marc Rainer (the pen name for Charles Ambrose, Jr.) is a retired federal prosecutor with more than thirty years of trial experience. He served in the federal district court in Kansas City, Missouri, in the federal and local courts of the District of Columbia, and also served as a circuit prosecutor for the US Air Force's Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. He is married to a former Air Force OSI Special Agent, and lives in a suburb of a major western American city. His pen name is a tribute to his brother Marc, and his mother, Betty Rainer Ambrose, who both died of cancer. He was born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He can be contacted though his website at marcrainer.com.

Review:

Federal prosecutor Jeff Trask returns to work on a case involving Salvadoran gang members. Soon, several are marked for death by hit men, including Trask himself. The author's second legal thriller keeps the questions coming. Trask is an engaging lead character: His extraordinary intelligence and eidetic memory are the same reasons he sometimes has trouble concentrating. Rainer also turns the spotlight on other, equally gripping characters. A well-paced mystery featuring an entertainingly complicated protagonist, supported by a robust cast. Kirkus Reviews.

Another great thriller by Marc Rainer. With an author who  doesn't hesitate to harm a character, either major or minor, it keeps you on  your toes wondering if the killers might just win this time. An intriguing  story with great characters in real danger. Like any good thriller, it kept you  guessing until the very end. If you love a good thriller, I recommend giving  this new author a chance. Editor, EBookObsessed.

With Horns of the Devil, author Marc Rainer has given us  another brilliant ride, a genuinely suspenseful book full of intrigue and  action, the twists often leaving the reader in fear for the characters they've  come to love. The command Mr. Rainer has over his material, the pure writing skill on view,not only keeps things flowing, but never let's it seem that any of what is going  on is less than real. The story goes along in a thrilling way, right until the end, where there is one  more twist waiting. The whole tale is unnerving and great fun. Highly recommend it. Palmetto Reviews.

"No one in the world is writing better than Marc Rainer, with  pitch-perfect prose full of intrigue, a favorite in suspense, elegant by anyliterary standard!" ~ MCS Film Review Team

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1480030236
• ISBN 13: 9781480030237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264