THIRTEEN ACROSS
What Others Are Saying About Thirteen Across
An Intricate Thriller That Keeps You Turning Pages
“Hang on for a terroristic rollercoaster ride! … Thirteen Across reads like an action-packed spy movie … unputdownable … The storyline is an original page-turner with plenty of plot twists to keep it moving to its ultimate conclusion.” – Bookclub Reporter
“If you’re someone who’s into crime thrillers with a little bit of a medical theme, try picking this book up.” – International Review of Books, Gold Seal Awarded
“Entertaining, intelligent, and clever mystery.” – Manhattan Book Review
“unreservedly recommended” – Midwest Book Review
“Much of this macabre scavenger hunt takes place underground in creepy abandoned tunnels, bunkers, and vaults equipped with power and ventilation, a choice of location that sent me to the internet to see if there is indeed a secret network of tunnels under our nation’s capitol … Grant had won me over … the book cover itself told me about the secret research in eugenics, which accounted for the superhuman powers in some of the characters and which made Agent Morgan’s race against time that much harder – and that much more unnerving.” – BookTrib Book Review
“I really enjoyed the puzzle aspect of this mystery, it was a unique way of watching the action unfold and seeing the pieces come together (pun intended) … if you like thrillers and edge-of-your-seat action, this is definitely the book for you.” – (e)Book Nerd Blog
An FBI agent must decipher clues that link to seven stops across the nation’s capital and arrive at a final destination before midnight where she must atone for her past sins.
Thirty days after her participation in an investigation at a Princeton research lab, FBI Special Agent Kate Morgan learns that she’s been called to testify before the U.S. Senate. But Phillip Barnes has other plans when he makes his attacks on the nation’s capital personal.
An unfolding puzzle charts a course that reveals a grander backstory (secrets, lies, and murder). Kate is confronted with the revelation that she’s murdered a killer’s family. There are consequences to those actions. And what Kate knows about her past is tested. Thirteen Across is an ominous beginning.
The FBI reaches out to a real life, role playing subject matter expert in crossword puzzles; New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor Will Shortz is more than a guest star in the story. The only was to solve this case is to figure out clues leading to the next stop and stop the madman behind the chaos. Solving the unfolding riddle brings dark, covert secrets to light. The Perfect People Initiative. And Kate in dead center in disturbing conspiracy greater than herself and must arrive at a final destination to atone for her sins.
To figure out how SCRABBLE tiles, fallout shelters, old stones, fountains and grave sites, and tridents fit in, read the story!
“This is a fascinating book, and I stayed up far too late devouring it.” – The Girl Who Reads Blog
“The truth is stranger than fiction.” Mark Twain.
