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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345505476

ISBN-139780345505477

eBay Product ID (ePID)72602567

Product Key Features

Book TitleParis Vendetta

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / General, General

Publication Year2009

GenreFiction

AuthorSteve Berry

Book SeriesThe Cotton Malone Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-042664

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."-Lee Child "Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers. The Paris Vendetta is his best yet."-Harlan Coben , "All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."-Lee Child, "All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."-Lee Child "Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers. The Paris Vendetta is his best yet."-Harlan Coben

Series Volume NumberBk. 5

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisWhen Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries, and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days, his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But he told them nothing, and in his will he made no mention of the treasure. Or did he? Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. Actually, it breaks and enters in the form of an American Secret Service agent with a pair of assassins on his heels. Malone has his doubts about the anxious young man, but narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally. Their first stop is the secluded estate of Malone's good friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen. The wily Danish tycoon has uncovered the insidious plans of the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for Napoleon's legendary lost treasure can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy. But Thorvaldsen's real objective is much more personal: to avenge the murder of his son by the larcenous aristocrat at the heart of the conspiracy. Thorvaldsen's vendetta places Malone in an impossible quandary-one that forces him to choose between friend and country, past and present. Starting in Denmark, moving to England, and ending up in the storied streets and cathedrals of Paris, Malone plays a breathless game of duplicity and death, all to claim a prize of untold value. But at what cost? From the Hardcover edition., In Berry's most twisted thriller yet, Cotton Malone faces down the shadowy figures behind the killing that once changed the trajectory of his career and his life. As the action moves from Copenhagen to Britain to France, Cotton uncovers an astounding secret that Napoleon took to his grave.

LC Classification NumberPS3602.E764P37 2009