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Meltzer, Brad, 1970-

The escape artist / Brad Meltzer. - First edition. - New York, NY Grand Central Publishing 2018. - x, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - New York Times Bestseller Fiction. .

Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The United States government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run. Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of those who die on top-secret missions. Nola was a childhood friend of Zig's daughter and someone who once saved his daughter's life. So when Zig realizes Nola is still alive, he's determined to find her. Yet as Zig digs into Nola's past, he learns that trouble follows Nola everywhere she goes. Nola is the U.S. Army's artist-in-residence, a painter and trained soldier who rushes into battle, making art from war's aftermath and sharing observations about today's wars that would otherwise go overlooked. On her last mission, Nola saw something nobody was supposed to see, earning her an enemy unlike any other, one who will do whatever it takes to keep Nola quiet. Together, Nola and Zig will either reveal a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying to uncover the U.S. Army's most mysterious secret -- a centuries-old conspiracy that traces back through history to the greatest escape artist of all: Harry Houdini.

ISBN: 9781455559527 1455559520

Source: Grand Central Pub, C/O Little Brown & Co Order Dept 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 SAN 200-2205

LCCN: 2017041729

Subjects--Personal Names:
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 --Fiction.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States Army --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Official secrets--United States--Fiction.
Women artists--Fiction.
Conspiracies--Fiction.
Witnesses--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3563.E4496 / E75 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6