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A routine investigation into alleged fraud at a naval base escalates into a high-stakes conflict involving Chinese spies. Joe DeMarco, sent by the Speaker of the House, teams up with Emma, a semi-retired intelligence agent, to uncover the truth. As they dig deeper, they find themselves entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that threatens their lives and those of powerful political figures. The story blends intrigue and suspense as the duo navigates a perilous situation far beyond their initial expectations.
Joe DeMarco is tasked with finding the source who leaked confidential information to an ambitious journalist, and soon discovers an assassin is searching for the same source.
The story follows Joe DeMarco as he is sent to North Dakota to support a young activist. He faces off against a powerful oil tycoon and two unscrupulous fixers, navigating a landscape of corruption and familiar adversarial tactics. The novel delves into themes of activism, corporate greed, and the challenges of standing up for what is right.
Joe DeMarco's powerful congressman boss dispatches him to Boston to help an elderly woman who's holding out against a real estate developer intent on tearing down her apartment building. The congressman wants her to take a buyout, but she doesn't, and the developer disrespects him
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In House Privilege, the fourteenth novel in the DeMarco series, Mike Lawson sends his likeable protagonist on a journey that begins in Boston and ends up in a country beyond the reach of the law. Fifteen-year-old Cassie Russell, the only daughter of a mega-rich Boston couple, is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents. She's also the goddaughter of the newly elected Speaker of the House, John Mahoney, and after the crash Mahoney becomes her legal guardian. Normally, Mahoney would send his kind-hearted wife to deal with his new ward, but she's unavailable so he dispatches his fixer, Joe DeMarco, to make sure the girl's okay. DeMarco's job is only to put things into a holding pattern until Mrs. Mahoney is able to step in and take charge--but DeMarco unintentionally flips over a rock and out from under it crawls a lawyer, the one managing Cassie's vast estate. DeMarco learns the lawyer has been embezzling from the estate and may have killed Cassie's parents. What should have been a simple assignment unleashes murderous plots involving a Boston mob boss and his Irish thugs, and things quickly escalate from there. DeMarco ends up chasing the scheming lawyer halfway around the world to save Cassie and ensure that justice is done. And, this being DeMarco, the legal niceties are mostly ignored. House Privilege is one of the best instalments yet in Edgar Award-nominee Mike Lawson's long-running series.
The book features an exciting excerpt from the upcoming installment, "House Reckoning," providing readers with a sneak peek into the continuation of the series. This addition enhances the anticipation for the next chapter in the storyline, promising to deepen the plot and develop the characters further. Fans of the series will appreciate this glimpse into future events and the evolution of the narrative.
Joe DeMarco likes to call himself a troubleshooter. It sounds better than "bagman" or "fixer." With more than a decade of troubleshooting under his belt on behalf of John Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, DeMarco has seen his fair share of dangerous situations. When Andie Moore, a 23-year-old working in the DOJ's Inspector General's Office, is murdered in cold blood in Florida's Everglades, it falls on DeMarco to get to the bottom of things. Paired with Emma, an enigmatic, retired ex-spy with seemingly endless connections in the military and intelligence communities, they venture south to the scene of Andie's murder: Alligator Alley. DeMarco and Emma waste no time in identifying a two suspects--a pair of crooked, near-retirement FBI agents named McIntyre and McGruder. But as they keep digging, it becomes clear that these FBI agents weren't acting alone, and that this goes much deeper than just the murder of an innocent 23-year old woman.
Set against the backdrop of a historic armed standoff in Wyoming, the narrative centers on Joe DeMarco, who embarks on a deeply personal mission. As he navigates the complexities of the region and its past, DeMarco's journey reveals his motivations and the stakes involved, moving beyond the historical conflict to explore his own challenges and objectives.
