The Lost Key
Freshly minted FBI agent Nicholas Drummond is barely out of his Quantico training when he and his partner, Mike Caine, are called to investigate a stabbing on Wall Street.
Their investigation, however, yields more questions than answers. It quickly becomes clear that the victim, John Pearce, was more than the naval historian and antiquities dealer he appeared to be. What Drummond doesn’t know is that buying and selling rare books was Pearce’s cover, and that he had devoted his life to discovering the whereabouts of a missing World War I U-boat concealing a stash of gold bullion, and an unexpected surprise that only raises more questions. When Drummond and Caine find both of Pearce’s adult children have disappeared, the case assumes a new sense of urgency. The FBI agents know their best lead lies in the victim’s cryptic final words—“The key is in the lock.” But what key? What lock?
The search for Adam and Sophia Pearce takes them on an international manhunt, which threatens to run them afoul of an eccentric billionaire industrialist with his own plans not only for the lost gold, but the creation of a weapon unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Catherine Coulter
Catherine Coulter’s writing career began with a simple love of stories, and over time, she has become a staple in the world of suspense, thriller, and romance fiction. Born and raised in Texas, her early life was steeped in the wide-open spaces of a horse ranch, an experience that would later shape her rich, evocative storytelling. But it was her academic journey that steered her toward writing; after graduating from the University of Texas and Boston College, Coulter first dipped her toes in the world of words as a speechwriter on Wall Street.
A Brit in the FBI
A Brit in the FBI consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
