In a secluded mountain retreat, Jericho Ainsley, former CIA director and former secretary of defense, is dying of cancer. To his bedside he has called Rebecca DeForde, a young, single mother, who was once his lover. Instead of simply bidding farewell, however, Ainsley imparts an explosive secret and DeForde finds herself thrown into a world of international intrigue, involving ex-CIA executives, local police, private investigators, and even a US senator. With no one to trust, DeForde is suddenly on the run, relying on her own wits and the lessons she learned from Ainsley to stay alive.
"Heart-stopping. . . . Carter brings the reader to a blazing final confrontation."--Denver Post
"An intense, beautifully written thriller that held me in its grip from the very first page to the last."--Christopher Reich
"The best espionage novel I've come across in twenty years."--Lincoln Child
"Carter meticulously ratchets up the tension." --Chris Bohjalian, The Boston Globe
"Jericho's Fall is that rare thing: a page-turner that grips the readers' attention as they plunge into a vortex. . . . A thrilling roller coaster ride until the very last page. . . . Carter is a masterly novelist."--San Francisco Chronicle
"An intricate spy thriller that proceeds at breakneck speed. . . . Graham Greene's readers, who savored [his] novels' unselfconscious erudition and matter-of-fact moral complexity, as well as their engaging plots, are likely to feel themselves on familiar ground here."--Los Angeles Times
"A simmering page-turner about the murky underbelly of intelligence and finance that."--Seattle Times
"Carter writes graceful prose, and he understands the mechanics of suspenseful storytelling."--Washington Post
"One of those novels that people linger over and re-read simply for the experience and pleasure of analyzing how the author worked his magic. . . . Stephen Carter is possessed of a sharp and subtle wit. . . . This is the sharpest manifestation of his talent to date."--Bookreporter