Book Review-The Right Hand

The Right Hand

by Derek Haas

I give it 5 out of 5 stars

Publisher's Synopsis:

Meet Austin Clay, the CIA's best-kept secret. 

There has always been a need in the spy game for operations outside the realm of legality-covert missions so black no one in the American government, and almost no one in intelligence itself, is aware of their existence. The left hand can't know what the right hand is doing. 

Austin Clay is that right hand, executing missions that would be disavowed by his own government were he ever to be compromised. His team consists of only his trusted handler and himself. His missions are among the most important and dangerous in U.S. history.

Clay is sent to track down a missing American operative, a man who was captured outside of Moscow, in the Russian countryside. Soon he discovers the missing officer is only the beginning of the mission, and finds himself protecting a desperate woman who believes a mole has penetrated the top levels of the U.S. government, throwing the international balance of power into jeopardy.

My thoughts:

I picked this up with no expectations, at all. This book grabbed from the first page and didn't let go until the last page! There was constant action and twists & turns through the whole book. I began to trust no one in the agency while reading this and was praying Clay was going to live to the end. Did he.....? You'll have to read it to find out!

The writing is fantastic and well thought out. The characters are fantastic, complete with those I loved and those I hated.

I can't wait to read more of Mr. Haas' books.