Baldacci, David

John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, accepts the president's request that he, once again, serve his country and take on a high-risk covert mission, but when a bomb explodes in Lafayette Park just as the British prime minister is leaving the White House, Stone is paired with British MI-6 agent Mary Stone to track down unknown assailants.

Former CIA assassin Oliver Stone, having assassinated the two men who were responsible for the death of his wife and being hunted by friends and enemies, finds himself embroiled in the secrets of a small Virginia mining town and falling for a widow.

The Camel Club, a quartet of eccentrics dedicated to finding out what's really going on in America's government, becomes embroiled in an intriguing and dangerous mystery when the assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House is linked to the death of the director of the Library of Congress's rare book room.