Andrew Kaplan (2) (1941–)

Beirut, 2006. Carrie Mathison, jefa de operaciones de la CIA, consigue escapar de una emboscada mientras intenta quedar clandestinamente con un nuevo contacto, conocido como Ruiseñor. Convencida de que alguien la ha traicionado y ha comprometido la seguridad de la operación, se enfrenta al jefe de delegación y consigue ser reenviada a la base de Langley, en Estados Unidos. Experta en reconocer y anticipar patrones de conducta, Carrie está convencida de que se ha puesto en marcha un ataque terrorista a gran escala. Por ello, lleva a cabo un acto de insubordinación que la pone en riesgo, pero que la ayuda a descubrir pruebas de una conexión entre Ruiseñor y Abu Nazir, el líder de al-Qaeda en Iraq. Decidida a frenar al terrorista, se embarca en una carrera obsesiva que podría acabar con su vida.… (mais)

Just finished Blue Madagascar by Andrew Kaplan. This was a very fast paced book set over a six week period. A very enjoyable book that kept you guessing on what was going to happen next and the ultimate outcome.

The novel starts with a prologue describing the suicide of the leading presidential candidate several days before the election and a mystery woman shown in headlights of a cell phone video. The start of the novel is set six weeks earlier in a jewelry story in Nice, France where one of the customers is killed and his girlfriend joins the robbers in their exit. The story then jumps to a Homeland Security agent in Zamora, Mexico where she is trying to find links a Thai girl that was abducted. These seemly random events are tied together into a fascinating story involving an ex-CIA agent and something called Blue Madagascar. Don't want to say to much more about the plot, because I don't want to spoil an excellent plot and well told story. There is a whole laundry list of alphabet agencies from CIA, DHS, Secret Service, FBI, KGB/SVR, Russian mafia, French Intelligence, French police, etc. that are involved in this story.… (mais)