Dead Bang.Dead Bang Robert E. Bailey Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 1590771095, $21.95 www.rowman.com Private Detective Art Hardin's encounter with an Islamic terrorist group using a family friend to smuggle smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. money into the country involves him in much more than the usual investigation in DEAD BANG, a hard-hitting novel following Art's increasing, complex involvement in a terrorist plot of revenge. It's the latest in a celebrated Art Hardin mystery series and goes far beyond the usual mystery, combining espionage espionage (ĕs`pēənäzh'), the act of obtaining information clandestinely. The term applies particularly to the act of collecting military, industrial, and political data about one nation for the benefit of another. , intrigue Intrigue See also Conspiracy. Borgias 15th-century family who stopped at nothing to gain power. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 59] Ems dispatch Bismarck’s purposely provocative memo on Spanish succession; sparked Franco-Prussian war (1870). , and thriller elements into the detective formula. Perfect for discriminating dis·crim·i·nat·ing adj. 1. a. Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions; perceptive. b. Showing careful judgment or fine taste: mystery collections in public library holdings. |
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