Tom Straw—the author behind the bestselling real-life variations of TV character Richard Castle’s thriller novels—is kicking off an exhilarating new espionage collection with The Accidental Joe. Rockstar chef Sebastian Pike’s cooking journey present is the right cowl for a covert CIA mission, even when Sebastian himself is lower than thrilled with the concept. At least he can flirt together with his handler, Cammie Nova, as a bonus. As the present travels by means of France, the hazard and romance warmth as much as harmful ranges.
The Accidental Joe will hit cabinets on May 14, 2024 and is on the market for preorders now. The thriller can be revealed by Regalo Press, an imprint distributed by Simon & Schuster that donates proceeds from each title to a charity of the writer’s alternative. Fittingly, Tom Straw has chosen José Ramón Andrés’ World Central Kitchen.
Read on for the official abstract of the e-book and its placing cowl!
A maverick celeb chef reluctantly agrees to let the CIA use his vastly in style worldwide meals, tradition, and journey TV collection as cowl for a harmful espionage mission.
When the CIA approaches celeb chef Sebastian Pike about utilizing his award-winning meals and tradition journey present as cowl for espionage, the outspoken bad-boy host says no. When they level out how roaming the globe interviewing foodies, heads of state, rock stars, journalists-in-exile, poets, subversives, supermodels—even the pope—offers him excellent cowl, Pike smiles and says, “F@#! no.”
They push. Promising it’s just one mission. Vowing he received’t be at risk. Calling him the MVB: Most Valuable Bystander. They’d embed their high agent in his crew to do the spy work.
It’s nonetheless no. But after they hit him with the patriotism card, he weakens. And when romantic sparks crackle between him and the feminine agent, Pike’s all in, kicking off a romantic spy thriller during which the globetrotting celeb chef makes use of his TV collection to assist sneak Putin’s accountant out of Russia earlier than he’s uncovered as a mole for US intelligence.
The high-stakes mission shortly places Pike in hurt’s means. So a lot for MVB. There’s hazard, there’s double dealing, there’s torture, there’s capturing with actual bullets. Plus, a minefield of issues from the recent romance that grows between Pike and his gutsy CIA handler-producer, Cammie Nova.
From Paris to Provence, this chef is not any bystander. Beyond their attraction, Pike and Nova turn into an operational workforce, not solely to outlive the perils they face however to drag off an operation fraught with one twist after one other, capped by a stunning, emotional climax.
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