Fic­tion

The Red Syndrome

Hag­gai Carmon
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By – April 2, 2012
For­mer Mossad agent Dan Gor­don is now an attor­ney work­ing for the Unit­ed States Depart­ment of Jus­tice. As a spe­cial­ist in trac­ing the path of laun­dered mon­ey, he often finds that much more is involved. His new case leads from a small New York bank to mul­ti­ple off­shore accounts. As he digs deep­er, he finds him­self among mem­bers of the Russ­ian mob who may be financ­ing Iran­ian-backed ter­ror­ists with bio­log­i­cal weapons. A mul­ti-agency task force takes over the inves­ti­ga­tion and Gor­don is work­ing with unknown col­leagues, some of whom may be moles. As if that weren’t enough, his for­mer Mossad men­tor, Ben­ny, asks him to help locate two miss­ing oper­a­tives. Although the iden­ti­ty of the mole is obvi­ous ear­ly in the sto­ry, the cur­ren­cy of the plot and the action will sus­tain read­ers. As he did in Triple Iden­ti­ty, Car­mon keeps read­ers involved with a fast-mov­ing plot that takes them all over the world. Thriller fans will enjoy Gordon’s new adventure.
Bar­bara M. Bibel is a librar­i­an at the Oak­land Pub­lic Library in Oak­land, CA; and at Con­gre­ga­tion Netiv­ot Shalom, Berke­ley, CA.

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