Stakes are high in "She's Missing" ($14.95 in paperback from Wings ePress, Inc.; also for Amazon Kindle), a follow-up to "Missing." In that earlier book a team of Americans from "the Agency," including fifty-something Craig Cooper ("Coop") and forty-something Zoe Fields, track down rumors of a hoard of gold just after Saddam Hussein's death in late 2006.
Now it's late 2010 and desk-bound Coop fields an urgent call from Zoe's domestic partner, Lara Graf, calling from Cyprus. The two are "on holiday" and now Zoe has disappeared from their hotel. It's a gut-punch to Coop. "The last time he talked to his fellow agent and best friend was before she saved his life and disappeared to Zurich with the nine million dollars the two of them had recovered...."
Coop cares little about the money; but now that Zoe is in trouble he must break his promise to his wife, Fran, and their young teenage son, Josh, not to go back to the field.
Then a memo from the Director of National Intelligence reports Israeli Mossad agents are on the trail of a suspected Iranian spy--Zoe. She had supposedly wired the money to a source that would send it to the Mossad Director. Instead it ended up in Iran.
Soon Coop, tapping resources for a Gulfstream G550 and its crack pilot, is winging his way to Cyprus only to encounter Mossad agent Lev Cohen with whom he partners (at least for a while). Lev works for Rachel Kagan and both are answerable to the Mossad Director. Everyone wants to find Zoe. Let's play together!
Coop knows better. Soon Zoe makes contact, the Mossad Director is murdered (Zoe is blamed), and the two must exonerate Zoe by finding out where the money went--and who killed the Director.
Paull's twisty tale and propulsive action unwind a cagey deception as Coop and friends "follow the money." From spycraft to aircraft, and a nail-biting trip into Iran, the novel keeps readers in suspense until the last, bittersweet page.
