The Execution

From "New York Times "bestselling author Dick Wolf comes a tense thriller that superbly blends suspense, politics, intrigue, and high-flying action.

Ten days after the Mexican presidential election, twenty-three bodies are discovered beheaded on the United States border, each marked with a unique symbol a carving of a hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency recognizes it: it is the signature of an assassin called Chuparosa a man both feared and celebrated for his cunning and brutality. The fierce and intense detective has been pursuing the killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that he s heading to New York with the rest of the world.

It s United Nations Week in Manhattan, and Jeremy Fisk can t let grief over a devastating loss keep him from his duty to safeguard the city and the world s most powerful leaders. Complicating matters is the startling news of a mass murder in nearby Rockaway and the arrival of a disturbingly beautiful and assertive Mexican cop determined to do things her way.

To have a chance at finding Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must learn to work together and fast. As they soon discover, there s more to this threat than meets the eye and Fisk will have to learn the hard way that justice is not always blind. Less