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Burning the Apostle, The November Man

“Granger’s November Man novels featuring intelligence operative Devereaux rank among the finest examples of espionage fiction.” —Publishers Weekly

The Cold War is over—yet new, even more frightening wars have sprung up within our borders. Now, the field of battle for Devereaux, code name November, is to be found in Washington and Chicago itself.

The conspirators are a rich, beautiful radical; a disenfranchised army officer; and a playboy U.S. Senator. They’re backed by a mysterious Lebanese bank known as the International Credit Clearinghouse. And their goal is a shocking one: destroy the entire civilian energy industry in one bold stroke.

In less than twenty-four hours, the November Man will have to defuse the most potentially devastating act of sabotage in history—and avenge an agonizingly personal injustice.

Praise for the November Man novels

“Once again Bill Granger has proved why he’s America’s best spy novelist.” —Ed McBain

“Plenty of suspense . . . the November Man yarns just get better and better.” —People

“Mr. Granger has combined Ian Fleming [and] John le Carré in a heady mix . . . He handles all the elements with real virtuosity.” —The New York Times Book Review

Bill Granger

An award-winning novelist and reporter, Bill Granger began his literary career in 1979 with Code Name November (first published as The November Man), the book that became an international sensation and introduced the cool American spy who later gave rise to a whole series. His second novel, Public Murders, a Chicago police procedural, won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1981.

In all, Bill Granger published twenty-two novels, including thirteen in the November Man series, and three nonfiction books. His books have been translated into ten languages. He also wrote for the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday, Time, and the New Republic, contributing articles about crime, cops, politics, and covering such events as the race riots of the late 1960's and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Bill Granger passed away in 2012.

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