Sleeper - Hardcover

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Gene Riehl is a former FBI agent involved in foreign counterintelligence and espionage. Quantico Rules was his first novel. He lives in La Jolla, California.

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Praise for Quantico Rules

"Gene Riehl has brought a fresh new voice to the world of crime fiction."
- Harlan Coben, bestselling author of No Second Chance and Gone for Good

"Gene Riehl has taken his experiences and turned them into a thriller that is good till the last page."
- Michael Connelly, bestselling author of Lost Light and City of Bones

"The author, a former FBI agent, writes like a pro . . . further Monk adventures aren't just welcome; they're absolutely necessary."
- Booklist (starred review)

"Gene Riehl gives us something new, and possibly unique, with the introduction of Puller Monk."
- The Washington Times

"Riehl writes a lean, vigorous prose laced with self-deprecating humor, and, as an ex--FBI man, he fuels his story with fascinating inside details. . . . Riehl's flawed but determined G-man should shake some of the rust off the FBI thriller genre. Readers will be clamoring for more from Agent Puller Monk."
- Publishers Weekly

"The kind of inside knowledge about the FBI that only a veteran could display."
- Houston Chronicle

"Riehl has a light style. . . . Agent Monk is deeply flawed, which is an endearing quality in a fictional federal agent."
- Charlotte Observer

"Riehl knows the territory and portrays it with convincing and often chilling precision. To his insider knowledge, he adds the talent of a first-rate storyteller who keeps the action moving briskly while never easing up on the suspense button."
- San Diego Union-Tribune

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FBI agent Puller Monk returns for his second outing. Monk's father has just passed away, and Monk suddenly has to deal with the revelation that he may have a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's. That's not all he has to deal with: there is a superspy on the loose, a beautiful young American woman raised by the North Koreans, and the good guys don't know exactly what she looks like or exactly where she is, but it's imperative she be stopped, and (naturally) Monk is the only man for the job. The notion of the deeply flawed hero has been one of crime fiction's staples for decades, but Riehl, the former FBI agent who came out of nowhere with the first Monk adventure, Quantico Rules (2003), works plenty of fascinating variations on the theme. Puller is no standard-issue flawed hero; he is a fresh, exciting, and dramatic creation. Like its predecessor, this novel barely scratches the surface of Puller Monk, and we eagerly await further entries in what has quickly become an excellent series. David Pitt
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The risks in Riehl's follow-up to the successful espionage thriller Quantico Rules are literary as well as cloak-and-dagger. There's a sexy, dangerous villainess, a blonde assassin born Samantha Williamson but now named Sung Kim; the sleeper of the title, she was stolen from America as a child and trained in North Korea in various martial and felonious arts. Series hero FBI agent Puller Monk matches wits with her in an extended game of cat-and-mouse. But Monk's also besieged by serious personal problems, and Riehl devotes equal space to these in the novel. Monk's father finally dies after a long battle with Alzheimer's, and Monk wonders if he's losing his own mind to the same disease. Nevertheless, he accepts a secret assignment to find a priceless stolen painting. The reader knows from the beginning that the heist is the work of Sung Kim, now a killer agent of the dangerous North Korean regime. Indeed, some of the best chapters involve Washington insiders riffing on the current political situation here and abroad. Even Monk's involvement in the top-secret investigation has a stressful personal twist: William, the NSA operative who recruits Monk for the mission, catches him in a delicate moment with lady love Bethany. Could this possibly affect their working relationship? Riehl's second effort has a terrific surprise twist, but it lacks the substance to support the story's more serious concerns.
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