Zack Wise is a whip smart information technology specialist at the venerable Washington, D.C. lobbying firm Van Ness – Penn Consulting. Their biggest client – the Republican National Committee. When Zack is found dead in an alley after a night of heavy drinking, the Metropolitan D.C. Police are stumped. It looks like a robbery attempt, but his Rolex, cash, and Amex Platinum card are still on him.

Then, Van Ness – Penn Consulting discovers their systems were pinged and data potentially exfiltrated. Including financial information that could prove damaging to President Wesley Rogers’ reelection efforts. Van Ness – Penn suspects the People’s Republic of China. They also suspect Zack had an external hard drive on him when he was shot.

FBI Director James Clark won’t touch the case. He was badly burned the last two times the FBI got involved in investigations this close to a presidential election. And if Wes Rogers’ opponent were to win the presidency, Clark has a shot at Attorney General. Maybe even the Supreme Court.

Assistant Director of the Washington Field Office, Herb Andrews, turns to his old squad mate, CJ Hawk who was removed from the rolls of the FBI several years ago for his role in a bad shooting. Hawk is a high-end private investigator now, although why is anybody’s guess. He inherited a hundred million dollars from his father who founded a Washington based global investment firm.

Hawk running and gunning in an off-the-books investigation for Andrews and Washington Field, and the list of potential suspects in Zack Wise’s murder multiplies by a factor of four. He finds himself up against a hostile foreign intelligence service, two political parties, the White House, and the seventh floor at FBI Headquarters.

Written by a former FBI agent who knows this world, fans of The Amateur, The Night Agent, and Jack Ryan are going to love CJ Hawk in Book 3 — Washington Field.