Vengeance Is Mine

by MacKinnon, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9781451640977
• ISBN10: 1451640978
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Threshold Editions

Summary

From Washington insider Douglas MacKinnon comes a page-turning spy thriller in which staunchly conservative Boston P.I. Ian Wallacean ex-CIA field officercomes face to face with the KGB Colonel who ended his CIA career.Ian Wallace is a politically incorrect private investigator who is never shy about wearing his belief in traditional values on his sleeve. Twenty years earlier, Wallace worked for the CIA but left after his life and dreams were all but destroyed in a dark prison cell in Moscow at the hands of Vladimir Ivanchenko, a ruthless KGB Colonel. Now, part of the Russian Mafia, Ivanchenko is about to set foot in Bostonthe hometown of Wallace. When one of his former CIA cronies enlists Wallace to help protect the life of a Russian scientist from Ivanchenko's gang, will Wallace take this opportunity to seek vengeance? And if so, will his actions compromise national security while putting the lives of many others at risk?

Author Biography

Douglas MacKinnon is a principal in one of the world’s largest international law firms. He is also the author of Rolling Pennies in the Dark, a regular contributor to several major newspapers, the influential web-based publications Townhall.com and The Huffington Post, and is syndicated on a regular basis. Doug also makes frequent appearances on MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, and the Westwood One radio network. MacKinnon served as a writer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and spent three years at the Pentagon serving in a joint command as a special assistant for Policy and Communications. Throughout his political writing career, he also worked with such notable people as Condoleezza Rice, John F. Kennedy Jr., Bill Clinton, and many more.