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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>First Grove Atlantic hardcover edtion 2016.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>In the eleventh novel in Mike Lawson's bestselling series, Joe DeMarco helps an elderly woman threatened by a shady real estate developer, then seeks revenge.</strong></p> <p>Joe DeMarco works for Congress. He's a lawyer with an office in the Capitol and the title of Counsel Pro Tem for Liaison Affairs. But the title is nonsense; DeMarco doesn't practice law, he's a fixer.</p> <p>In <em>House Revenge</em>, DeMarco's powerful boss, Congressman John Mahoney, dispatches him to his hometown of Boston. Mahoney wants DeMarco to help out an elderly woman named Elinore Dobbs who is holding out against a real estate developer intent on tearing down her apartment building for a massive new development. Elinore is all that stands in the way of about a million square feet of new office space, a hotel, retail shops, restaurants, and a new public park. Mahoney figures he can score some free publicity, get his constituent a nice buyout, and ease into his next reelection. That is, until Elinore refuses to budge and Sean Callahan, the developer, disrespects him. Even worse, Elinore suffers a horrible accident, possibly at the hands of two thugs on Callahan's payroll.</p> <p>Now Mahoney and DeMarco are out for revenge. DeMarco tries to dig up dirt through Callahan's friends and family, but it's only when he gets a tip on the source of Callahan's financing that things get deadly.</p> <p>A fast-paced adventure into the cutthroat world behind the wrecking ball, <em>House Revenge</em> is another gripping tale of collusion and corruption from a beloved political thriller writer.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>House Revenge</i>: </b> <p/><b>A <i>Seattle Times</i> Bestseller</b> <p/>"Mike Lawson has a sure touch with the David and Goliath theme of this tough little thriller with its insights into Washington political savagery."<b>--<i>Washington Times</i></b> <p/>"Lawson delivers an explosive plot with a brilliant construction of events that add up to a swift, exciting novel. Encapsulating both hot-button issues and Lawson's darkly creative imagination, <i>House Revenge</i> is the political thriller at its finest. And with a self-contained story line, even series newbies can relish this highs-takes DeMarco adventure."<b>--<i>Shelf Awareness</i></b> <p/>"Originality, intelligence, and humor lift Lawson's excellent 11th Joe DeMarco thriller . . . DeMarco provides all the fun and action that Lawson's fans have come to expect."<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>"Lawson's DeMarco novels are often shrewdly prescient . . . Angry Americans will flock to <i>House Revenge</i>."<b>--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>"[An] effervescent, wholly delicious revenge fantasy . . . about big money, big politics, and big crime . . . The perfect chaser for an evening spent watching a presidential debate."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/><b>Praise for Mike Lawson's Joe DeMarco Thrillers: </b> <p/>"Mike Lawson . . . should be a fixture on the bestseller lists, if not a household name."<b>--<i>Strand Magazine</i></b> <p/>"Seattle thriller writer Mike Lawson has quickly established himself as someone to watch. His work is a potent combination of high good humor, deft prose, and insider smarts."<b>--<i>Seattle Times</i></b> <p/>"Lawson has a true insider's insight about real-world spinelessness, venality, and corruption that have taken the place of moral courage and true leadership on Capitol Hill . . . a fine ear for dialogue . . . [and] a good eye for irony."<b>--<i>Washington Times</i></b> <p/>"The nice thing about Mike Lawson's Washington thrillers is that nobody is high-minded. Certainly not John Fitzpatrick Mahoney, speaker of the House ('and God help the country') and as unscrupulous a politician as you'd hope to find outside a federal prison cell. Nor could you pin that high-and-holy tag on Mahoney's go-to guy, Joe DeMarco, who holes up in a subbasement office of the Capitol building and surfaces only when the speaker has some dirty business that needs to be done."<b>--Marilyn Stasio, <i>New York Times</i></b> <p/>"[I] consider Mike Lawson my favorite political thriller writer (Flynn, Baldacci, and Meltzer will have to go to the back of the line)."<b>--<i>Deadly Pleasures</i></b> <p/>"I love Joe DeMarco. . . . These are wonderful. I think they're inventive, nicely detailed, just a treat to read."<b>--Nancy Pearl</b> <p/>"Lawson writes with grit, humor, and precision."<b>--Mark Greaney, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Ballistic</i></b> <p/>"One of the most engaging heroes I've ever encountered. In Joe DeMarco, Mike Lawson has created a charmingly likeable character whom I'll happily follow for many books to come."<b>--Tess Gerritsen, author of <i>The Bone Garden</i></b> <p/>"[Lawson] has created a disturbingly real Washington D.C. and peopled it with eerily familiar characters. He writes with wit and verve and displays a shrewd understanding of bureaucratic irony."<b>--John Lutz, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Urge to Kill</i> and <i>The Night Caller</i></b> <p/>"Joe DeMarco, 'fixer' for Speaker of the House John Fitzpatrick Mahoney, is shrewd, tough, discreet, and resourceful . . . Lawson creates multifaceted characters . . . [and] the pacing is relentless."<b>--<i>Booklist</i></b> <p/>"Mike Lawson shows every understanding of the skill required of a thriller writer to keep a reader fully engaged and utterly thrilled."<b>--<i>Guardian</i></b> <p/>"Lawson writes a mean thriller and has a sense of humor that hurts."<b>--<i>Independent</i> (UK)</b> <p/>"If you've been reading and enjoying Block, Crais, Child, Pelecanos, Winslow, et al, you should also be reading Mike Lawson. He's not as well known, but definitely belongs among these heavy-hitters . . . Mike Lawson is a very fine writer. His plots are devious and intriguing, and his characters are well developed."<b>--JB Dickey, Seattle Mystery Bookshop</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mike Lawson</b> is a former senior civilian executive for the U.S. Navy. He is the author of ten previous novels starring Joe DeMarco.

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