Kirk Russell

FBI Bomb Tech Paul Grale is on his way to his sister's annual 4th of July party for drone pilots, but stops to visit an old friend, suffering from guilt over his role in killing an innocent American as an Air Force drone pilot himself. Grale arrives just after the venue blows up, killing most of Grale's family and their guests. Grale insists on being part of the investigation, but is relegated by his loser FBI boss to pursue secondary leads while trying to protect his friend, who is deemed unstable and a possible suspect. I found the book a little boring, but it picked up at the end as Grale makes some remarkable breakthroughs in his relentless pursuit of the bomber.… (altro)