The Midnight Bell

<i>"The bell rings at midnight, as death requires it."</i> - Irish proverb<br> <br> <b>From "the dean of intrigue novelists" (<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>) comes a knife-edge story of terrorism and revenge.</b><br> <br> In Ulster, Northern Ireland, a petty criminal kills a woman in a drunken car crash. Her sons swear revenge.<br> In London, Sean Dillon and his colleagues in the "Prime Minister's private army," fresh from defeating a deadly al-Qaeda operation, receive a warning: You may think you have weakened us, but you have only made us stronger.<br> In Washington, D.C., a special projects director with the CIA, frustrated at not getting permission from the President for his daring anti-terrorism plan, decides to put it in motion anyway. He knows he's right - the nation will thank him later.<br> Soon, the ripples from these events will meet and overlap, creating havoc in their wake. Desperate men will act, secrets will be revealed - and the midnight bell will toll.<br> Filled with event, driven by characters of complexity and passion, <i>The Midnight Bell</i> is a remarkable novel from the "architect of the modern thriller" (<i>The Huffington Post).</i>