Ex-­FBI agent Steve Vail navigates a maze of hidden codes and brain-­teasing puzzles to stay hot on the trail of a band of Russian spies in this breathtaking follow-­up to his New York Times bestselling debut, The BricklayerFBI-­agent-­turned-­bricklayer Steve Vail once helped the FBI solve a brilliant extortion plot. It was supposed to be a one-­and-­done deal. But when he\'s in Washington, D.­C., to see Kate Bannon—an FBI assistant director—on what he thinks will be a romantic New Year\'s Eve date, suddenly things get complicated. The FBI has another unsolvable problem, and it has Vail\'s name written all over it. A man known as Calculus, an officer at the Russian embassy, has approached the FBI claiming that he has a list of Americans who are selling confidential informationAccording to the Waxhaw Police, five-year-old Makayla Woodard was off from school because of icy roads and was enjoying a day playing when two pit bulls approached the child and attacked. Makayla’s grandmother, 67-year-old Nancy Presson, tried to save her granddaughter – a futile pursuit that left her with a severely injured arm.

When Waxhaw Police arrived on the scene, they shot one of the pit bulls immediately and rushed the little girl to the hospital near Charlotte. The girl died of her dog bite wounds. The second dog was killed by a police officer a few hours after the attack.

The two pit bulls that killed the girl had a history with animal control – just last month, the owner was warned to keep his dogs properly penned in