Meanwhile, Sophie and Adam Pearce, the dead man’s children, possess answers to the puzzle. Further digging leads to Pearce’s business, Aniston’s Antiquities and Rare Books, a few blocks away. Nicholas opens it to reveal extensive images and files. Investigating Pearce’s elegant apartment, the agents discover an SD thumb drive tucked behind shelved rare books in his library. A video feed has been recovered from near the death scene that shows a dying Pearce utter his final words: “The key - The key is -in the lock.” An international, action-packed adventure now begins, with Nicholas and Mike acting like bloodhounds on the trail of the murderer’s motive - and the mystery of Pearce’s dying words. Mike retains her gun but is off the case as well. If they write with expediency, hopefully we shall see a third book in the series sooner rather than later."Īs a result of this death, Nicholas is placed on desk beat until an investigation is launched. "Coulter has found the perfect match with Ellison in creating THE LOST KEY. Officers take from him two long stilettos (one of them bloody), a pistol and a cell phone. Handcuffed, he leers at them, refuses to talk, gags, spews foam from his mouth, slumps over and dies within a minute. It isn’t long, though, before they find the killer and subdue him. ![]() Witnesses who were questioned speak of two men arguing before John was stabbed and the culprit ran away. The victim is middle-aged businessman John Pearce. Checking in with Zachary, the two draw their first assignment on day one for Nicholas, a Wall Street stabbing in federal territory. The two had worked together on a prior case, a diamond theft involving Scotland Yard. He joins the New York Field Office under Supervisor Milo Zachary and is partnered with Michaela (“Mike”) Caine. Nicholas Drummond, a former New Scotland Yard special agent, begins his first day on the job as a freshly minted FBI agent. Events dating back to the tail end of World War I affect the mystery surrounding a murder in today’s time in New York City.
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