The Last Spymaster

I picked up a copy of The Last Spymaster in hardback yesterday at BooksAMillion and am about 75 pages into it so far. Wow, Gayle Lynds knows her spy stuff. She mentions on her site that all the gadgets in The Last Spymaster are really gadgets that are either currently being used or soon-to-be released. That's an interesting tidbit as you read this book.

An impressive thing about Lynds is that she is meticulous in her research and consults with founding member of the CIA Counter-terrorism Unit, Robert Kresge, to make sure she gets her facts straight. Lynds weaves spy-speak into her work seamlessly and her descriptions of action scenes put you right there with the characters.

I'm also honored to say that Gayle Lynds has agreed let me interview her about her work toward the end of February. If you want to suggest a question you'd like me to ask this talented New York Times Best Selling novelist, please post it to the comment area of this blog. :)

New York Times Best Selling Authors

I'm starting my research on "Wow Creators" by looking for New York Times Best Selling Authors on the Web. One that caught my eye today was spy thriller novelist, Gayle Lynds.

Lynds' latest novel, The Last Spymaster, is about Charles Jay Tice, who was a legendary figure in the CIA and the intelligence world towards the end of the Cold War. But he was also a traitor, having sold secrets that seriously compromised the U.S. for years to come. Since his conviction, he's been kept in the tightest maximum security prison under the closest of security. Until one morning, his cell is discovered empty. Tice has disappeared without even the hint of trace. Agent Elaine Cunningham is a hunter, assigned to find Tice quickly, before the rest of the world knows he's gone. But she soon finds out that something is very wrong. This is more than just an impossible escape by a master spy. It's a much bigger, deeper, and more dangerous conspiracy than one old spook's last run for freedom.

I spent quite a bit of time on Gayle Lynds' site today - www.GayleLynds.com . It's crisp, polished and chocked with audio interviews you can listen to and learn more about how a best selling thriller novelists researches and writes. There's also a You Tube video of her explaining the difference between mystery and thriller.