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First Kill - (McGarvey) by David Hagberg (Paperback)

First Kill - (McGarvey) by  David Hagberg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A prequel to the best-selling series traces the origin story of CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey, whose first assignment as a new Air Force OSI graduate is sabotaged by an unknown adversary in Washington.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Renowned thriller writer David Hagberg continues his <i>New York Times </i>bestselling Kirk McGarvey series with this riveting origin story for the CIA assassin in <i>First Kill</i>.</b></p><p>It is the beginning of Kirk McGarvey's career as a CIA black ops officer. Fresh out of the Air Force OSI, he receives his first assignment: assassinate a Chilean general known as the Butcher of Valparaiso, a monster who has tortured and killed more than one thousand dissidents at a soccer stadium.</p><p>McGarvey manages to cross the border over the mountains from Argentina without being discovered, and even makes his way to the general's remote compound. But the odds are stacked against him. Chile's National Intelligence Agency, the ANI, has been warned of his approach and wants him to fail--and someone back home in Washington is working to make sure he does.</p><p>For this newly-minted assassin, killing the butcher is only the beginning.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>David Hagberg</b> (1947-2019) is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author who wrote numerous novels of suspense, including his bestselling thrillers featuring former CIA director Kirk McGarvey, which include <i>Abyss</i>, <i>The Cabal</i>, <i>The Expediter</i>, and <i>Allah's Scorpion</i>. He earned a nomination for the American Book Award, three nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and three Mystery Scene Best American Mystery awards. </p><p>He spent more than thirty years researching and studying US-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Hagberg joined the Air Force out of high school, and during the height of the Cold War, he served as an Air Force cryptographer.</p>

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