Brett Battles lives in Los Angeles and is the author of two acclaimed novels in the Jonathan Quinn series: The Cleaner, which was nominated for a Barry Award for Best Thriller and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel, and The Deceived. He is at work on the fourth book in the series.

Three jobs, no questions. That's the deal Jonathan Quinn-freelance operative and professional "cleaner"-has struck with his client at the Office. But his first assignment in rural Ireland unexpectedly results in four dead bodies to dispose of-and leads him to an astounding mystery about to spin wildly out of control.
Now Quinn, along with his colleague and girlfriend, the lethal Orlando, has a new mission: find and protect a U.N. aide worker who has suddenly disappeared from her assignment in war-torn Africa. If it were only that easy. Soon Quinn and Orlando will unearth a horrifying plot that is about to reach stage critical for a gathering of world leaders-and an act of terror more cunning, and more insidious, than anyone can foresee.