Smith Henderson – författare

A DEA agent uncovers an international conspiracy when she follows a tip from a Mexican drug lord in this “intelligent, propulsive thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Diane “Hardball” Harbaugh doesn’t flinch easily. A former prosecutor, she’s now a DEA agent known for getting suspects to confess—in tears. But she’s thrown for a loop when a Mexican drug lord offers her explosive information about the international black market. After heading south of the border to meet him, her concepts of justice and duty are shaken to their core. Suddenly, Harbaugh is on the trail of a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she ever suspected. Together with CIA agent Ian Carver, she unravels layers of deception and grift that date back to the Afghanistan War. As they connect the dots, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. Now the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do . . .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER (award for the best crime novel by a debut author)A dark and powerful debut novel set in the hardscrabble American heartlands.'If I knew for a certain’ty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life...'After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy’s profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete’s own family spins out of control, Jeremiah’s activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the centre of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed.In this shattering and iconic novel, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion and anarchy, brilliantly depicting America’s disquieting and violent contradictions. FOURTH OF JULY CREEK is an unforgettable, unflinching debut that marks the arrival of a major literary talent.