The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
Two years ago, when Cotton Malone, the U.S. Justice agent retired to become a used bookseller in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was befriended by millionaire Henrik Thorvaldsen, who helped Malone reclaim his kidnapped son. Now Thorvaldsen is calling for a favor in return. Someone has killed his own son and he wants Malone to find the assassin! Malone and a young U.S. agent named Sam Collins set out to find the members of a Paris Club which uses its funds to manipulate the world economy. The Club is also trying to find the treasure which Napoleon Bonaparte looted from Egypt and hid in Paris. Thorvaldsen’s vendetta forces Malone to choose between friend and country and present and past. He and Sam and other agents are forced to confront the villains Ashby, Eliza Larocque, and others and shoot it out in Paris. Will Thorvaldsen find the man who murdered his son Cai? Will the code discovered in a book about Napoleon provide the clue to finding the treasure? Berry’s latest adventure novel will keep readers spellbound and they will want to check out his earlier books as well.
