{"product_id":"the-palace-paperback","title":"The Palace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Reich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this third installment of a series lauded for its \"nonstop action,\" an international spy must face a ring of ruthless masterminds and foil a plot with global implications as he becomes the world's most wanted man (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Life is good for Rafael de Bourbon. The forty-year-old Spaniard recently married to a wealthy English beauty, and is days away from opening a luxury boutique hotel off the southern coast of Thailand. But when the Royal Thai Police storm the hotel and arrest him for blackmail and extortion, \"Rafa\" is thrown into Bangkok's most notorious jail. In desperation, he reaches out to the one man who can prove his innocence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon Riske, ex-con and now \"private spy,\" owes Rafa his life. Once he and De Bourbon were the closest of friends, until a woman came between them. Riske rushes to Bangkok to secure his friend's release and overnight, finds himself caught up in a web of intrigue larger and more dangerous than he could imagine. In hours, it is Riske who finds himself the wanted man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the run in a foreign country, pursued by powerful unseen forces who will stop at nothing until he is killed, Riske must stay alive long enough to uncover the truth behind an international conspiracy that threatens to wreak carnage across the glittering capitals of Europe. From Bangkok to Singapore and ultimately to Cannes, Riske enlists the help of a daring investigative reporter, a rogue Mossad agent, and his own band of home-grown specialists, to thwart the cabal behind the plot, only to learn its very origins are frighteningly close to his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrighteningly timely, diabolically clever, and ever so stylish, \u003ci\u003eThe Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is Christopher Reich's sharpest and most exciting book yet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Reich\u003c\/b\u003e is the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Take\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNumbered Account\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRules of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRules of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rules of Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other thrillers. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Patriots Club \u003c\/i\u003ewon the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Encinitas, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727960444991,"sku":"9780316456005","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4e529034ed7aa04c5131101f6af0edf1.webp?v=1765116737","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-palace-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}