Review – Counterfeit Lies

From the back cover:   Veteran undercover FBI agent Jake Kruse is investigating a smuggling ring in southern California when his assignment is cut short. A prominent criminal defense attorney wants to hire Jake on another kind of mission: to kill the daughter of a local crime boss.

What began as a “contract killing” soon captures the attention of the CIA, the U.S. Secret Service, and high-level officials in Washington. The undercover agent is plunged into a deadly underworld of North Korean espionage, Hezbollah terror and the sinister deception Iran uses to acquire nuclear weapons. Caught in a web of international intrigue that goes to the top of the U.S. government, Kruse is forced to confront the ultimate moral quandary: doing what’s right when everything seems wrong.

“Counterfeit Lies” is a fast paced military thriller. Jake is working undercover to try to crack a counterfeit operation. That is the beauty of the title counterfeit is fake and lies aren’t the truth so what do you have to trust in? That is the situation that Jake finds himself in. They have him running in all directions and the intrigue is building and building until it is ready to explode. Danger, mayhem, thrills and murder all figure into this highly complicated plot. Jake and the others are fascinating characters that seem very real and you root for the good guys to win.  “Counterfeit Lies” is loaded with twists and turns that will leave you guessing all the while you are flipping pages to find out what happens next. Mr. North has provided us with a fairly exciting book.