The Death Trust

As shocking as today's headlines, this internationally bestselling thriller plunges readers into the revelation of a terrifying conspiracy that begins with a sniper's bullet on a routine patrol in Iraq...and leads all the way back to the White House--where the ultimate betrayal of trust is being played out....Amid the dust, death, and chaos of Iraq, an American soldier on a routine patrol is killed by an unseen enemy. It's a tragedy but not a crime--until it's linked to the bizarre death of a decorated four-star general who happens to be the dead man's father...and the son-in-law of history's most feared and powerful U.S. vice president. Major Vin Cooper of Air Force Special Investigations is the kind of loose cannon no commanding officer can completely control...or survive without. Cooper's a man whose capacity to absorb grief is matched only by his ability to dish it out. And this case--which will be either his most important or his last--has plenty of both. Scarred by battle and a recent divorce, Cooper answers to no one but his own tough-as-nails female general. She knows there's no one as relentless, as insubordinate, and as effective in prying out the truth as Cooper--no matt