He taught Reid Harper everything. Now he wants to watch him break.
At dawn, a young lawyer is found dead on a hilltop above Barcelona, posed with his back to the city. In his pocket is a photograph of FBI profiler Reid Harper, and a single word: Welcome.
Reid knows who sent it. Konrad Brandt was the brilliant instructor who trained him at the FBI Academy, until Reid's testimony ended his career twenty years ago. Since then, Brandt has been watching. Recruiting damaged young men across Europe. Pointing them at strangers. And keeping score.
Now he's living in a white villa on the hills above Barcelona, untouchable. No charges. No evidence. Powerful lawyers. And somewhere inside the house, a young French woman who vanished nine months ago, still alive.
Brandt invites Reid to lunch on his terrace overlooking the sea. Over coffee, calmly, he names everyone Reid loves: his wife, his oldest friend, the woman who has always protected him.
Then he disappears.
With a determined Catalan police inspector at his side, Reid races along the coast, from the city's old harbor to the cliffs and hidden coves to the south, as Brandt's followers close in on the people closest to him. Brandt has promised one final lesson, at sunrise, on open water. A choice no one should ever have to make.
One man. One boat. One impossible choice.
The Barcelona Secret is a gripping, standalone FBI thriller for fans of Thomas Harris, Jeffery Deaver and Michael Connelly. Dark, fast and emotionally powerful, it brings the Reid Harper series to its most personal case yet.
Genre: Mystery
At dawn, a young lawyer is found dead on a hilltop above Barcelona, posed with his back to the city. In his pocket is a photograph of FBI profiler Reid Harper, and a single word: Welcome.
Reid knows who sent it. Konrad Brandt was the brilliant instructor who trained him at the FBI Academy, until Reid's testimony ended his career twenty years ago. Since then, Brandt has been watching. Recruiting damaged young men across Europe. Pointing them at strangers. And keeping score.
Now he's living in a white villa on the hills above Barcelona, untouchable. No charges. No evidence. Powerful lawyers. And somewhere inside the house, a young French woman who vanished nine months ago, still alive.
Brandt invites Reid to lunch on his terrace overlooking the sea. Over coffee, calmly, he names everyone Reid loves: his wife, his oldest friend, the woman who has always protected him.
Then he disappears.
With a determined Catalan police inspector at his side, Reid races along the coast, from the city's old harbor to the cliffs and hidden coves to the south, as Brandt's followers close in on the people closest to him. Brandt has promised one final lesson, at sunrise, on open water. A choice no one should ever have to make.
One man. One boat. One impossible choice.
The Barcelona Secret is a gripping, standalone FBI thriller for fans of Thomas Harris, Jeffery Deaver and Michael Connelly. Dark, fast and emotionally powerful, it brings the Reid Harper series to its most personal case yet.
Genre: Mystery