Jericho's Fall [Paperback]

A riveting spy thriller,Jericho's Fallis 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.   Strong. . . . Immediate. . . . Masterful.”—Steve Berry

Heart-stopping. . . . Carter brings the reader to a blazing final confrontation. --Denver Post
 
An intense, beautifully written thriller that held me in its grip from the very first page to the last. --Christopher Reich
 
The best espionage novel I've come across in twenty years. —Lincoln Child
 
“Carter meticulously ratchets up the tension.” —Chris Bohjalian,The Boston Globe
 
“Jericho's Fallis that rare thing: a page-turner that grips the readers' attention as they plunge into a vortex. . . . A thrilling roller coaster ride until the very last page. . . . Carter is a masterly novelist.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“An intricate spy thriller that proceeds at breakneck speed. . . . Graham Greene's readers, who savored [his] novels' unselfconscious erudition and matter-of-fact moral complexity, as well as their engaging plots, are likely to feel themselves on familiar ground here.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“A simmering page-turner about the murky underbelly of intelligence and finance thatlƒ]