Flash Points
A Kirk McGarvey Novel

Name: Flash Points
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: David Hagberg
ISBN: 9781427294418

Author: David Hagberg

Series: McGarvey #22

Narrator: Jeff Gurner

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 03/27/2018

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

David Hagberg's New York Times bestselling Kirk McGarvey series continues in Flash Points, the action-packed thriller audiobook about a plot to lead a president towards impeachment

The audiobook begins just after the US presidential election, when a man of Trump's stripe wins. Determined to push him out of office, members of the president's staff hire an assassin to set up three terrorist attacks in the US. Meanwhile, a Pentagon general contacts mid-level intelligence operatives in fifteen different countries, concocting a plot in which the president will be faced with supposed attacks along flash points, places where trouble could easily erupt into an all out nuclear war: Pakistan/India; China/Taiwan; North vs South Korea; Russia/Ukraine.

The idea is to overwhelm the new president so that he could not possibly make the right decisions. Dangerous, but the effect would cause the public to demand that Congress impeach him.

In order for their plots to succeed, both groups must first eliminate the one man who could possibly stop them: retired CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey.

About David Hagberg

David Hagberg (1942-2019) was a New York Times bestselling author who published numerous novels of suspense, including his bestselling thrillers featuring former CIA director Kirk McGarvey, which include Abyss, The Cabal, The Expediter, and Allah’s Scorpion. He earned a nomination for the American Book Award, three nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and three Mystery Scene Best American Mystery awards. He spent more than thirty years researching and studying US-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Hagberg joined the Air Force out of high school, and during the height of the Cold War, he served as an Air Force cryptographer.

About Jeff Gurner

Jeff Gurner is a voice, stage and screen actor. He has recorded hundreds of radio and television commercials, video games, and is an award winning audiobook narrator. He is best known for his narration of Patrick Lee and to Karen Miller’s The Star Wars Clone Wars series and works by Mark Sullivan and Terry Francona. AudioFile magazine praised Jeff''s "deep, compelling voice and well-acted presentation" and awarded him a 2006 AudioFile Earphones Award for Jennifer Egan’s The Keep.Gurner’s theater credits include The Lion King on Broadway, Guys and Dolls, Harold and Maude: The Musical, and A Christmas Story. Television credits include The Good Wife, Mercy, and Law & Order.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Skip

Kirk McGarvey is back, and his spider sense is tingling: (view spoiler)[KABOOM (hide spoiler)] . A new U.S. president is elected, who is unpopular with many because of his inexperience in international relations: sound familiar? Anyway, there are conspiracies galore here, and Kirk/Pete/Otto/Louise have to piece it all together to......more

Goodreads review by Dan

The novel begins just after the US presidential election, when a man of Trump's stripe wins. Determined to push him out of office, members of the president's staff hire an assassin to set up three terrorist attacks in the US. Meanwhile, a Pentagon general contacts mid-level intelligence operatives i......more

Goodreads review by Mike

This book is probably closer to a 3.5 stars. This is almost like a continuation of the last book, Tower Down, in the fact that Kirk McGarvey goes back up against Al Nasser again. The book starts off with a bang as Al Nasser tries to assassinate McGarvey. The next few chapters are what drug this book......more

Quotes

“David Hagberg is the pros’ pro, the plot master we all wish we were.” —Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author

“If you want yesterday’s headlines, read The New York Times. If you want tomorrow’s, read David Hagberg.” —Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author

"David Hagberg consistently delivers thrillers that truly thrill, with an uncanny ability to anticipate future headlines." —Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author