Title: The assassin
Subtitle: A Novel
First published: July 21, 2007
Description: Rogue CIA agent Tommy Carmellini is called in by a desperate president to break up a deadly partnership between a renegade Mafia boss and ruthless al-Qaeda leader Abu Qasim, who is offering a fortune in exchange for a horrific terrorist attack on New York City.
Subjects: Qaida (Organization), Intelligence officers, Jake Grafton (Fictitious character), Fiction, Tommy Carmellini (Fictitious character), Undercover operations, Spies, Tommy Carmellini (Fictional character), Jake Grafton (Fictional character), Adventure fiction, Spy stories, Criminal investigation, Large type books, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-08-24, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, espionage