 Breaking Cover J.
D. Rhoades Minotaur
Books, 2008 Breaking Cover
is a supercharged, violent thriller, and as entertaining as the genre gets. Undercover
F.B.I. agent, Tony Wolf, went underground four years ago after his assignment
with a ruthless biker gang, known as the Brotherhood, went sideways. On the
run, and unsure who he can trust—including some of his fellow F.B.I. agents—Wolf
finds a hidey-hole in the small, picturesque town of Pine Lake, North
Carolina. But Wolf blows his cover
when he rescues two brothers from their kidnapper after seeing one of them in
the window of a van. An F.B.I. agent recognizes Wolf from a gas station security
camera, which rings more than a few bells in Washington. Then a tenacious local
tv reporter captures Wolf on film—and identifies him as a possible conspirator
in the boys’ kidnapping. When Wolf’s image hits the national media, it brings
the Brotherhood to Pine Lake looking for a very rough kind of justice. Breaking Cover,
which was originally advertised as a standalone, is the first of two thrillers
featuring Tony Wolf. The second is Broken Shield (2013). I haven’t
read that second book—in fact, Breaking Cover is my first experience
with Rhoades’s writing. But man, it won’t be my last. The breakneck pacing, the
sleek, literate, and hardboiled style give it sizzle. There are gunfights,
explosions, hidden tunnels, a hard-as-nails deputy Sheriff, and Wolf’s wife—who
figured her husband had been dead for the last four years. But it’s the vileness
of the Brotherhood with their irrational hatred of Wolf and a penchant for dispatching
its enemies with the grotesque Blood Eagle, and Wolf’s paranoia that keeps
him running and gunning that give Breaking Cover pop. |
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