Mike Lawson

House Rivals: a Joe Demarco Thriller Mike Lawson

Publisher Marketing: From bestselling author Mike Lawson comes the latest installment in the award-winning Joe DeMarco series. As a fixer for influential congressman John Mahoney in Washington, DC, Joe DeMarco has found himself in plenty of unexpected and dangerous situations. In "House Rivals," DeMarco is taken further out of his element than ever before, sent to North Dakota to protect a passionate but naive twenty-two-year-old blogger who has put herself in harm s way. The young woman is Sarah Johnson, whose grandfather saved Mahoney s life in Vietnam. For the past two years, Sarah has been on a relentless crusade against a billionaire oil tycoon who has profited handsomely from the natural gas boom in the Dakotas and who she believes has been bribing small-time politicians and judges to keep things in his favor. Though she has no hard evidence against the man, Sarah has been assaulted and received death threats for her meddling. DeMarco, given his years of experience bending the rules in DC, suspects that a middleman like himself is pulling strings for the tycoon. But as DeMarco tries to identify his adversaries, the situation turns unexpectedly violent, and DeMarco finds himself in a battle of wits against two ruthless problem solvers who will stop at nothing to win." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/01/2015 pg. 56 (EAN 9780802123602, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9780802123602, Hardcover) Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 37 (EAN 9780802123602, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015 (EAN 9780802123602, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lawson, Mike Mike Lawson, a former senior civilian executive for the US Navy, is the author of nine previous novels starring Joe DeMarco. His first book, "The Inside Ring", was rated by the "Seattle Times" as one of the top ten thrillers of 2005 and was a finalist for the Barry Award for Best Thriller. "House Secrets" was selected as one of the best thrillers of 2009 by "Library Journal", the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", and "Deadly Pleasures" "Mystery Magazine". Contributor Bio:  Barrett, Joe Joe Barrett has been a working stage, screen, and recording booth actor since 1974 and an award-winning and eight-time Audie Award nominated audiobook narrator since 1999. He also practiced law for five years but don't hold that against him. Joe is married to actress Andrea Wright, and together they have four very grown children.