The Bilbao Gambit

By Huston Michaels

Introducing Harley-riding LAPD Detective Ben Kaye It's said that a picture is worth a thousand wordsThis one could be worth a half-billion dollars

A brazen art theft in 1937 Paris sets in motion a series of events that culminate in present-day Sun Valley, Idaho.On leave pending the outcome of an excessive force complaint, LAPD Detective Ben Kaye rounds a curve on a remote Idaho mountain highway just as a traffic accident inexplicably erupts into a multiple homicide.

A disillusioned Kaye wants only to be a good witness and be on his way, go home and quit his job. But the local cops tell him not to leave town.

Then he discovers that he and the only other survivor of the incident share a link dating back to his Marine Corps days. He reluctantly agrees to stick around and help find the shooter.

Kaye forms a loose alliance with the local Sheriff's investigator put in charge of the case. Bonded by mutual distrust, he and soon-to-retire Captain Roger Halberstam attack the mystery, eventually identifying a possible suspect with terrorist connections.

When Kaye connects their suspect to a wealthy Idaho business magnate, DHS suddenly shows up and tells Kaye to butt out or go to jail.

Does he listen?Not Ben Kaye. That just makes his fire to find out what's going on burn even hotter.

The two very different lawmen slowly build enough mutual respect to unravel a knot of co-conspirators, all with different motives and goals, that stretches from Russia to the Middle East, and from Bilbao, Spain to Washington, D.C. and Idaho.As suspense grows by the minute, Kaye, Halberstam and their comrades try to stop an act of terror and treason on a horrific scale. Will they succeed?

Sometimes life imitates great artAnd sometimes time runs out before it hits zero

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997302410
• ISBN13: 9780997302417
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Michael Barnett
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"