Thomas E. Ricks is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including the number one bestseller Fiasco, a history of the beginning of the Iraq War. As a reporter at the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, he was a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize.  He worked in the Maine woods in his youth and trapped lobsters when living on an island in Penobscot Bay. He now divides his time between Texas and Maine. His other Ryan Tapia novels, Everyone Knows But You and the forthcoming Big Money, Small Town, are also available from Pegasus Books.

"In the third installment of his Ryan Tapia series, veteran journalist and historian Ricks pits the ex-FBI agent-turned-private-investigator against a crooked corporate giant with political ties as deep as the cobalt mines it is exploiting at the expense of the Maine countryside where Ryan makes his home. Ricks’ affection for the stalwart people and stunning beauty of the Maine woods sets this David-versus-Goliath tale apart."

Thomas E. Ricks is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including the number one bestseller Fiasco, a history of the beginning of the Iraq War. As a reporter at the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, he was a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize.  He worked in the Maine woods in his youth and trapped lobsters when living on an island in Penobscot Bay. He now divides his time between Texas and Maine. His other Ryan Tapia novels, Everyone Knows But You and the forthcoming Big Money, Small Town, are also available from Pegasus Books.

"In the third installment of his Ryan Tapia series, veteran journalist and historian Ricks pits the ex-FBI agent-turned-private-investigator against a crooked corporate giant with political ties as deep as the cobalt mines it is exploiting at the expense of the Maine countryside where Ryan makes his home. Ricks’ affection for the stalwart people and stunning beauty of the Maine woods sets this David-versus-Goliath tale apart."