Liars  Thieves, Stephen Coonts
Liars  Thieves, Stephen Coonts
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Liars & Thieves

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Guerin Barry

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

When the safest place in the world has become a killing ground…
Unafraid to walk both sides of the law to attain his goals, CIA operative Tommy Carmellini is sent to post guard duty at a farmhouse in West Virginia. When he arrives, he finds the guards shot dead and a ruthless team of American commandos killing everyone in sight. Carmellini escapes in a hail of bullets with what seems to be the sole survivor—a stunningly attractive translator, who then steals his car and abandons him after a deadly mountain car chase. But someone else survived the massacre—someone who holds the answers to a deadly conspiracy.There’s only one recourse…
Catapulted into a life-and-death struggle, Tommy must employ all his savvy and skill just to stay alive. But to find out who is hunting him and why, he’ll need the help of retired Admiral Jake Grafton. Now they must learn to tell friend from foe as they fight their way through a poisonous wilderness of intrigue, all the way to a presidential convention in New York City—and to the surprising identity of someone standing on the verge of absolute power who has jeopardized the safety of the entire nation to prevent a dark secret from ever seeing the light of day.…“This book is vintage Coonts…plenty of action and intrigue, with the added benefit of a new lead character.” —Dallas Morning News“Coonts knows how to write and build suspense…this is the mark of a natural storyteller.” —New York Times Book Review

About Stephen Coonts

This biography could be entitled, West Virginia Boy Becomes a Very Successful Author....... but that would be too obvious. Author, Stephen Coonts was born and raised in Buchanan, West Virginia, a small town of 6,000. He led the typical life of any boy growing up in the 50's and 60's.

He was born in 1946, and ended his childhood by graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in political science. As happens with many poli-sci grads, he had a law degree in mind, but first he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and began flight training in Pensacola, Florida.

Coonts received his wings after completion of fleet replacement training in the A-6 Intruder aircraft. After serving in the Vietnam War as an attack fighter, he served as a flight instructor, and did a tour of duty on the USS Nimitz. Upon leaving the Navy, he entered the University of Colorado School of Law. After receiving his law degree, he moved back to West Virginia to practice for a couple of years. But, his career took him back to Colorado where he specialized in oil and gas law.

Finally, in 1986, he published his first novel, Flight of the Intruder, which became a huge success, being on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover. Later, a movie by the same title was produced based on his novel, and was released nationally in 1991. All of his books have been published in several different countries.

Currently, Coonts lives in Colorado with his third wife, Deborah, He continues to write novels from Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jade on April 15, 2023

Tommy Carmellini is assigned to cover a safe house which a Russian is debriefed. when the safe is attacked by assassins escaping from bullets Tommy must who wanted the Russian defector dead. This was an awesome read Loved it......more

Goodreads review by Karen on February 15, 2024

I read this one back in 2018. I am now bringing this review to Goodreads. This is... A riveting page turner from cover to cover (published in 2004 with hints of today's political drama {remember...review written from 2018 perspective] still making the plot relevant). And... It is... An excellent story.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on January 11, 2021

Intricately and well woven plot with characters I liked (even the baddies despite myself). I think it’s my 1st by the author and I’ll be back. Narrator, Guerin Barry, did fine and stayed in character (all of them).......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on January 04, 2019

This audiobook was a lot of fun, mostly narrated by the character of Tommy Carmelini, a decidedly bad boy hero working for the CIA. Sex and violence happens but not explicitly and there are plenty of plot twists and turns.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on April 24, 2019

5* Written in the first person, I really enjoyed reading this story about a reluctant hero within the CIA. I enjoyed the interaction between all the characters yet the gore and bloody atrocities described are realistic within the context of this book. I am definitely looking forward to the other works......more