Published: May 21, 2011
Words: 71254 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Casting about to find meaning in the ruins of his life, Stanford Professor Sam Rockman goes to work for the Senate Intelligence Committee. What he finds instead is danger and betrayal in a world where a terrorist bomb explodes just yards away, where secret documents show up on his doorstep, and where Russians try to poison him.

Extended description

Stanford professor Sam Rockman suffers the crushing loss of his wife in a bombing at San Francisco Airport. Casting about to find meaning in the ruins of his life, he accepts an offer to come to Washington, D.C. to work for the Senate Intelligence Committee. He finds mighty weird stuff happening in the nation’s capital. Secret documents are showing up on his doorstep. Russians are trying to poison him. A renegade CIA asset is making Florida uninhabitable by strewing nuclear materials up and down Interstate 95. Then comes a groundswell to change the Constitution to enable the current president to stay in office for a third term to handle the crises.

What Sam wants out of his stint in D.C. is revenge for the death of his wife. What he gets as he wades through a swamp of congressional politics, anti-terrorism, and White House chicanery is betrayal. He finds allies among a savvy Kentucky senator, a billionaire investment banker, his wife’s old rabbi, and the president’s national se... (Read more) Stanford professor Sam Rockman suffers the crushing loss of his wife in a bombing at San Francisco Airport. Casting about to find meaning in the ruins of his life, he accepts an offer to come to Washington, D.C. to work for the Senate Intelligence Committee. He finds mighty weird stuff happening in the nation’s capital. Secret documents are showing up on his doorstep. Russians are trying to poison him. A renegade CIA asset is making Florida uninhabitable by strewing nuclear materials up and down Interstate 95. Then comes a groundswell to change the Constitution to enable the current president to stay in office for a third term to handle the crises.

What Sam wants out of his stint in D.C. is revenge for the death of his wife. What he gets as he wades through a swamp of congressional politics, anti-terrorism, and White House chicanery is betrayal. He finds allies among a savvy Kentucky senator, a billionaire investment banker, his wife’s old rabbi, and the president’s national security advisor. Too often, he finds himself thrown together with his counterpart on the other side of the aisle, the whip-smart, six-footer Cecilia Plant. Mourning still for his wife, Sam steels himself against Cecilia’s appeal and remains suspicious of her motives.
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cia, thriller, suspense, mystery, terrorism, espionage, politics, washington dc, spy novel, capitol hill

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Review by: John Zussman on Sep. 10, 2011 :
Raffel makes good use of his own Washington experience as counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee to write a twisty thriller that makes us feel like a Beltway insider. A college professor, bent on revenge after his wife's death in a terrorist attack, is drawn to support a gung-ho president. But neither the good guys nor the bad guys are necessarily what they seem. Recommended.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Clare Revell on June 03, 2011 :
From first to last, this book is an unputdownable rollercoaster of emotion. From shock to laughter to tears – all in chapter one – this action packed thriller has it all. It’s twists, turns and intrigue as one man struggles to come to terms with his wife’s senseless death and find her murderers, keeps you guessing until the end.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Fictional Bookshelf on May 31, 2011 :
Drop by Drop is truly an amazing thriller that gets you were it counts - your gut. Mine was twisted in knots as I read through the pages with a speed like I’ve never seen before. Keith Raffel, the author, knows how to bait his hook to keep reeling you in until you realize you’re finished with the book.

The emotions of the main character, Stanford professor Sam Rockman, was dynamic and well written. For some of the emotions he goes through after the death of his wife may make you cry. I sniffed a few times.

However, it wasn’t the chilling emotions that kept me hooked it was the plot itself. It was full of twists and turns. I never could guess what was going to happen next and that’s a good thing. If I figure out who has done what halfway through the book I’m no longer interested in the story.

I also like the fact it’s a political thriller. I haven’t read many thrillers that deals with fictional politicians and Keith made them seem so real. He had me thinking about so many things after reading his work.

This is a MUST read thriller that will keep you on the edge of suspense.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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