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Jericho's Fall
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A riveting spy thriller, Jericho's Fall is the spellbinding story of a young woman running for her life from shadowy government forces.
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.
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.
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Mary Hughes
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“https://youtu.be/c3NxZidIEWc
In some ways this is some of Carter's best writing; the atmosphere of the book and the way he was able to really get you to feel the paranoia of the main character is unrivaled in anything else he's done. It's also the shortest of the novels that I've read from him and coupled with the plot of the book I definitely went in expecting to find myself in a page turning thriller where a former Director of the CIA had really let the cat out of the bag and now everything was going to shit.
In some ways that's definitely an aspect of the book. As executed it's probably a better book thatn I'm giving it credit for. I definitely don't think it's bad, because at this point I'm inclined to believe that Carter doesn't know how to write a bad book, just books that aren't as good as some of the others.
I think that there is a level of restraint present here, both in terms of the number of settings and the way the character count doesn't spiral to anything that feels excessive. Even the extended third act action sequences here felt lifted out of a film that would be highly entertaining. Which ultimately might be it's biggest problem. If The Emperor of Ocean Park showed me how in a characters mind Carter likes to get, this showed me that pure pulpy thrillers fro Carter might not be what I want either, even when they're executed at the level they are here. This same story in film or television with the right cast could easily be a new go to background noise movie when I'm looking for something cozy.
I had a good time, maybe not as good as I've had with Carter before, but definitely isn't worth skipping over when making your way through Carter's catalogue.”
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