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Top Kiernan has been doing all right. He owns Polymath, a thriving research firm that he runs from his home, a 1930s-era schoolhouse just outside of Athens, Georgia. He's got a bedroom in a basketball court, a drawer full of flannel shirts, and a splendid collection of spinning tops. He's also got a side-gig as a free-lance operative for a mercenary group, which sends him on periodic and variably perilous errands to Latin America. Top can't live without the buzz, the adrenaline rush of being show more permanently on the edge - but he doesn't have very long to wait. million hidden somewhere in Georgia, everyone thinks Top's got the stash. He finds himself the target of ambitious DEA men, a drug lord, an ex-IRA assassin, and a few others who want to get their hands on the money and will kill Top to do so. He knows it's going to take more than adrenaline to survive the manoeuvres of all the players in the dangerous game that this compelling, deftly plotted debut novel brings unpredictably to a stunning and explosive finish. show lessTags
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What fun to find a new author! In this first novel, Top Kiernan who lives in the old middle school he purchased for his home and side business (of fact checking) is fired from his real job - working for an assassin agency - for overzealous behavior. This book is chock full of great characters and places. Its setting of Athens, Georgia is just one of the many points that makes it fresh and new and different. Hill's next novel - featuring Top again - is coming out in October. Can't wait!
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Sam Hill is the cofounder of the Helios Consulting Group, which helps top management solve complex strategic problems.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2003
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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