The Fourth Courier
Itis1992inWarsaw,Poland,andthecommunisterahasjustended.Aseriesofgrislymurderssuddenlybecomesaninternationalcasewhenit'sfearedthatthevictimsmayhavebeencourierssmugglingnuclearmaterialoutofthedefunctSovietUnion.TheFBIsendsanagenttohelpwiththeinvestigation.WhenhelearnsthataRussianphysicistwhodesignedaportableatomicbombhasdisappeared,theraceisontofindhim—andthebomb—beforeitendsupinthewronghands. Smith’sdepictionofpost-coldwarPolandisgloomilyatmosphericandmurkyinaworldwherenothingisquiteasitseems.Suspenseful,thrilling,andsmart,TheFourthCourierbringstogetherastraightwhiteFBIagentandgayblackCIAofficerastheyteamuptouncoveragruesomeplotinvolvingmurder,radioactivecontraband,narcissisticgovernmentleaders,andunconscionablegreed. Itis1992inWarsaw,Poland,andthecommunisterahasjustended.Aseriesofgrislymurderssuddenlybecomesaninternationalcasewhenit'sfearedthatthevictimsmayhavebeencourierssmugglingnuclearmaterialoutofthedefunctSovietUnion.TheFBIsendsanagenttohelpwiththeinvestigation.Whenhelea...