The Execution

NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk hunts an assassin working for a shadowy cartel in this action-charged second installment of Dick Wolfamp;#39;s New York Times bestselling seriesamp;#8212;a masterful thriller that blends politics, intrigue, and twisting suspense

A number of bodies are discovered on the United Statesamp;#39; border with Mexico, each carved with a bizarre symbol: a hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garzaamp;#8212;dubbed the Ice Queen among her colleagues at the Mexican intelligence agency because sheamp;#39;s famous for never showing an ounce of weaknessamp;#8212;arrives at the scene and recognizes the image immediately; it is the calling card of a killer called Chuparosa, a man both feared and celebrated for his cunning and brutality. Known to be incorruptible in a seemingly lawless land, Detective Garza has pursued this killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that heamp;#39;s merciless and heading to New York Cityamp;#8212;along with the rest of the world.

Itamp;#39;s United Nations Week in Manhattan and Jeremy Fiskamp;#8212;an integral member of the NYPDamp;#39;s Intelligence Division, an antiterror unit modeled on the CIAamp;#8212;canamp;#39;t let his grief over a devastating loss keep him from his duty to safeguard the city and the worldamp;#39;s most powerful leaders. Complicating matters is the startling news of a mass murder on the beach in nearby Rockawayamp;#8212;and the arrival of a beautiful and assertive Mexican detective determined to do things her way.

To have a chance at finding and stopping Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must meld their opposing investigative styles. They soon discover that thereamp;#39;s much more to this threat than meets the eyeamp;#8212;and Fisk will have to learn the hard way that justice is not always blind.