BLACK + BLUM James The Bookend - Red

Lieutenant Nikolai is a member of the Soviet Special Forces assigned to infiltrate a rebel uprising and assassinate the leader. When Nikolai fails the mission he pays the price torture by the Cuban leaders. He manages to escape to the desert and find the rebel army once more, but this time he is on their side. It's all out warfare as he leads a daring attack against his former comrades.

After a failed attempt to crack Fleet Street, a cynical journalist returns to his homeland of Yorkshire and finds himself assigned to report on the case of a local girl who has gone missing. But after her bizarrely mutilated body is discovered, he is thrown into a sleaze infested, nightmarish world of corruption. As the killers identity remains a mystery, savage events spiral out of control, spanning generations and leading to a shocking climax.

His first client in Missoula is Johnny American Horse, a young activist for land preservation and the rights of Native Americans. Johnny is charged with the murder of two mysterious men — who seem to have recently tried to kill Johnny themselves, or at least scare him off his political causes. As Billy Bob investigates, he discovers a web of intrigue surrounding the case and its players: Johnny's girlfriend, Amber Finley, as reckless as she is defiant — and the daughter of one of Montana's U.S. senators...