China Box

Table of Contents CHINA BOX By Diana Deverell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OTHER EBOOKS BY DIANA DEVERELL ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT Playing with fire . . .“Look, I get that you needed a break after 9/11,” Harry said. “But burying yourself back of beyond for more than a decade? Way too long. The world hasn’t gotten any safer. We need you.” “I didn’t do my job right. I had to get out of the way.” His fists clenched. “God, Casey. I can’t bear to watch you waste all that talent.” “I can’t bear to do what I did before.” “You can’t bear to do what you do so well.” Harry bit off his words. “Yet you’re back with that goddam Viking vigilante. Gearing up to talk to Bella on his behalf concerning a subject you won’t disclose. Why him and not us?” “I’ve turned him down half a dozen times in the past ten years. But this is a whole different thing. Trust me.” “I might trust you. But I don’t trust him. And you have a blind spot where he’s concerned.” He put a hand on my arm and leaned in. “Looks to me like you’ve come in from the cold so you can play with fire.” # # # Praise for Diana Deverell’s thrillers b***h OUT OF HELL, a political thriller featuring security pro Bella Hinton“Helluva read! I really enjoyed this. I hope there are more books coming. The characters are intriguing, Bella is intelligent and sassy, and the plot is entertaining.” (sss reader review) “Diana Deverell’s newest book could be a story on the six o’clock news - the outsourcing of America’s military functions, shady corporate dealings, the suspicious death of a whistleblowing board member, and a special prosecutor’s investigation.” (iBooks reader review) “. . . a delightfully humorous and suspenseful read with realistic characters . . . and the plot twists and weaves itself into a satisfying conclusion. For a fun thriller read, check this out.” (Kings River Life review) 12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING“An electrifying political thriller . . . a believable whirlwind international chase.” Huntsville Times “She writes with a polish and a flair that hold nothing back in the areas of terror, torture and adventure as well as in more tender worlds of love and loyalties . . .” National Public Radio NIGHT ON FIRE“A thriller that grabs you by the throat and makes you come along for the ride. And with Deverell in the driver's seat, the ride is unforgettable." Statesman Journal (Oregon) “Deverell's skill at spinning a complex and twisted plot remains undiminished from 12 Drummers Drumming . . .” Crescent Blues EAST PAST WARSAW“Diana Deverell has once again crafted a tale that makes you pray it's fiction.” S.E. Warwick, mystery reviewer CHINA BOX“an intricate chess match of espionage, international wheeling-dealing, and love plays out in Washington and Silicon Valley.” (reader review) Praise for the Nora Dockson legal thriller series“A great character, a great series—I highly recommend it to people.” Stephen Campbell, Crimefiction.FM Help Me Nora is “a compelling gritty novel. I could not put it down and found the legal background fascinating.” (Goodreads review) “The series is great; it's got the theme of the hard scrabble up-from-poverty Nora doing her battle of wits against a scheming, social-climbing assistant attorney general, laced with tons of good detective work.” (sss reader review) “Deverell has a gift that grabs the reader so one cares about what happens to every character in the story. Once one starts Nora's clear sighted and brilliant pursuit of justice it's hard to put the book down!” (sss reader review) To hear what’s next, come to my website and Sign up for News. DEDICATIONFor Marta Mahoney CHINA BOX by Diana Deverell