John Gilstrap - No Mercy
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NO MERCY
"Gilstrap is back in fine form with No Mercy . No other writer on earth is better able to combine in a single novel both rocket-paced suspense and heartfelt looks at family and the human spirit. And what a pleasure to meet Jonathan Grave, a hero for our time...and for all time."
-- Jeffery Deaver
"A great hero, a pulse-pounding story--and the launch of a really exciting series."
--Joseph Finder
" No Mercy grabs hold of you on page one and doesn't let go. Gilstrap's new series is terrific. It will leave you breathless. I can't wait to see what Jonathan Grave is up to next."
--Harlan Coben
"The release of a new John Gilstrap novel is always worth celebrating, because he's one of the finest thriller writers on the planet. No Mercy showcases his work at its finest--taut, action-packed, and impossible to put down!"
--Tess Gerritsen
SCOTT FREE
"Gilstrap hits the accelerator and never lets up."
-- Harlan Coben
EVEN STEVEN
"Action-packed."
-- Publishers Weekly
EVEN STEVEN
"Gilstrap has an uncanny ability to bring the reader into the mind of his characters."
-- The Denver Post
AT ALL COSTS
"Riveting...combines a great plot and realistic, likable charactersection team from a weapons dump....A novel to be read at all costs."
-- Roanoke Times
"Gilstrap builds tension...until the last page, a hallmark of great thriller writers. I almost called the paramedics before I finished At All Costs. "
-- Tulsa World
"Gilstrap takes his readers on an adventure none will soon forget. Don't miss this one."
-- Knoxville News-Sentinel
"Gilstrap has ingeniously twisted his simple premise six ways from Sunday."
-- Kirkus
"Not to be missed."
-- Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
"The plot and the killer keep you on the edge of your chair."
-- Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)
"Packed with nail-biting suspense, edge-of-the-seat intensity, surprising twists, a fine supporting cast, and the year's best villain...a must for thrill seekers."
-- Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi)
NATHAN'S RUN
"Gilstrap pushes every thriller button...a nail-biting denouement and strong characters."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
"Gilstrap has a shot at being the next John Grisham...one of the best books of the year."
--Rocky Mountain News
"A winner of a thriller."
-- Glamour
"Exceptional...one of the year's best."
-- The Herald
"A page turner and a heart tugger."
-- Washingtonian
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They are Virginia Tech.
er Forty-one
The fullness of the moon made it all more complicated. The intense silver glow cast shadows as defined as midday despite the thin veil of cloud cover. Dressed entirely in black, with only his eyes showing beneath his hood, Jonathan Grave moved like a shadow in the stillness. Crickets and tree frogs, nocturnal noisemakers by the thousands, gave him some cover, but not enough. There was never enough cover. He reminded himself that he was in Indiana soybean country facing a clueless adversary, but then he remembered the penalty for failing to respect one's adversary.
The Patrone brothers had been arguing for every one of the twenty minutes that Jonathan had been monitoring them. The bud in his left ear picked up every word, beamed to him from the tiny wireless transmitter he'd stuck to the lowest pane of the front window. From what he'd been able to determine from his hasty research in the past few hours, the Patrones were nobodies--just a pair of losers from West Virginia whose motives for this kidnapping adventure were unclear, and from Jonathan's perspective, irrelevant.
The stress of the kidnappers' ordeal had clearly begun to take its toll. They'd counted on Thomas Hughes's parents coughing up the ransom quickly, and now they couldn't figure out what had gone wrong.
"I'm tired of being jerked off by that asshole," Lionel said. The older of the two, he was the hothead. "Old Stevie Hughes needs more proof, maybe we should just cut off a piece of Tommy and send it to his old man in an envelope."
Jonathan picked up his pace, kneeling in the dew-wet grass to un-sling his black rucksack and open the flap. With his night vision gear in place, the darkness burned like green daylight.
"You're not serious," said Little Brother Barry. His tone carried an unstated plea. He was the pacifist. Jonathan liked pacifists. They lived longer.
"Watch me."
Lionel continued to rant as Jonathan produced a coil of detonating cord from his pack and slid a K-Bar knife from its scabbard on his left shoulder. He measured out about an inch of cord, sliced it off the roll, and slid the knife back home. With a loop of black electrician's tape, he attached the det cord to the cable that brought electrical service to the house, then slid the initiator into place. Det cord was the best stuff in the world. A woeful bit of overkill in this case, but unquestionably effective.
"Chris said of his Kevlar vest and whispered, "Boss's name is Chris." It was the missing bit of data from three days of gathering intel.
A familiar voice crackled in his ear, "Copy that. Any sign of him yet?"
"I was going to ask you," Jonathan whispered. "I've only got two friends here." They knew from an eyewitness to Thomas Hughes's kidnapping that three hooded figures had carried the naked Ball State student out of his apartment in the middle of the night. Jonathan didn't like the fact that one member of the team remained unaccounted for.
The tone and pace of the kidnappers' argument told him that their frustration level had passed the tipping point into desperation. He moved faster.
"This whole thing is hopelessly messed up," Lionel said. "Maybe Chris got picked up by the cops."
"Maybe you're just paranoid," Barry soothed.
"This was supposed to be easy money. My ass."
Jonathan was at the back of the house now--the black side, as he thought of it--and it was time to prepare the doors for entry. The Patrones had stashed Thomas Hughes in the basement. In this part of the country, it was probably called a storm cellar. Or maybe a root cellar. Constructed entirely of stone, from the outside it could be accessed through two heavy wooden doors that sloped at a shallow angle from ground level. When the time came, those doors would be Jonathan's point of entry.
Pulling his cell phone from its pouch on his vest, Jonathan flipped open the cover and viewed the image transmitted by the spaghetti-size fiber optic camera he'd inserted between the doors. In the light cast by the single dim lightbulb inside, he had difficulty making out any real detail, but he saw what he needed. Their precious cargo hadn't moved in the last half hour. The fourth-year music major lay naked on the basement floor, his arms, legs, and mouth bound with duct tape.
"Hang on a little longer," Jonathan whispered. The kid had no idea that he was moments away from rescue. For all he knew, this was all he'd ever see again. Even after he was safe, there'd be no way to erase the trauma of these past four days. Whoever Thomas Hughes had been before the kidnapping would be forever changed. It would be years before he'd feel real joy again, and chances were, he'd never rediscover the trust he once felt toward others.
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