House Justice

By Mike Lawson

An American defense contractor goes to Iran to sell top-secret technology, and the CIA knows all about it thanks to a spy in Tehran. But someone in Washington leaks the story to an ambitious journalist, and the spy is captured, brutally tortured and executed.
The director of the CIA isn't about to let the death of his agent go unpunished. Speaker of the House John Fitzpatrick Mahoney has his own reasons to get to the bottom of the leak: it might have come from Congress. Moreover, Mahoney once had an affair with the journalist, and now that she's in jail for refusing to reveal her source, she's threatening to tell the tabloids everything unless he helps her. Joe DeMarco is tasked with getting the journalist off his boss's back, but he soon discovers that he and the CIA aren't the only ones looking for the journalist's source. A killer is following DeMarco's every move, hoping DeMarco will lead him to his prey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Grove Press UK
• Release date: Jul 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9781611859300

Mike Lawson

Mike Lawson is a former nuclear engineer who turned to full-time writing in May 2003. He lives with his family in the United States.

Reviews for House Justice

[bohemiangirl35 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not very memorable.

[susanamper · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

What starts off as an interesting story turns into a plot laden with too many characters and not enough interest. A spy is outed and murdered and the CIA is going to get her killer at all costs. But they are up against a mystery man who also wants revenge. At some point, their paths cross, but the reader doesn't much care by this time.

[readinggeek451 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The betrayal of a CIA agent sets off a sequence of death and double-dealing, as series hero Joe DeMarco is drawn into the investigation.Hit men, mobsters, blackmailers, ruthless federal agents, unscrupulous politicians and reporters, and assorted lowlifes--the only admirable character in this book dies very early on. But Lawson makes you sympathize--at least a little--with some of the less-awful ones.