Deliver us from Evil - David Baldacci

This title is the heart-racing follow up to "the whole truth" from the international bestselling author. In south america a wealthy ninety-six year old man reads a book late into the night. Within an hour, he is dead, the secrets of his past starkly revealed. Six months later, in provence, shaw - the shadowy operative from "the whole truth" - witnesses the murder of a mysterious man, his body left lifeless at the bottom of a pool. Shaw barely escapes the incident himself; and with a new partner in tow, begins to realize that there has to be another organization at work that rivals his own in secrecy...Meanwhile, half a world away, journalist katie james is working on a story of international importance. But shortly after meeting with a potential inside source she is smuggled unconscious onto an aeroplane, headed to an undisclosed destination. In the days to come, katie and shaw will be reunited in a deadly dual of nerve and wits against a surprising, secretive enemy, and lead around the world at a breakneck pace. Filled with the breathtaking plot turns and remarkable characters that only david baldacci can deliver, this is the most explosive thriller of the year.