Maddie James and her colleagues are terrorism experts working in a crumbling intelligence agency. They are certain another big terrorist attack is coming, but in a post 9-11 election year, the Administration is stressing its victories in the war on Terror--and few want to hear the term's warnings.
So begins the press release for Susan Hasler's debut novel. I have no personal or factual knowledge of what goes on inside our government agencies, but INTELLIGENCE gave me a whole new insight into what just may be going on. Hasler spent 21 years working for the CIA and she did an excellent job using jargon in a way that actually lent to the story rather than detracting from it. Her sarcastic and witty sense of humor, along with a depth of compassion, created a cast of memorable characters.
More importantly, her well-laid out plot provided me with much food for thought--even after I finished the book. I couldn't put INTELLIGENCE down; I read it from cover to cover in one day. If I had to rate it on a scale of 1 - 10, I'd give it a 9.5.
INTELLIGENCE was released on June 22, 2010 by Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin's Press.
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