<b><b>“Munroe is a sensational character and Stevens is a sensational writer.” —Lee Child,</b><i>New York Times</i><b> bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series</b></b><br><b>&nbsp;</b><br><b>For fans of Lee Child, Terry Hayes, and Laura Lippman comes a blistering thriller in which Vanessa Michael Munroe faces the fight of her life</b><br><b>&nbsp;</b><br>Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and information hunter, has a reputation for getting things done: dangerous and not quite legal things that have taken her undercover into some of the world’s deadliest places. Still healing from a Somali hijacking gone wrong and a brutal attack that left her near death, Munroe joins her lover, Miles Bradford, in Japan where he’s working as a security consultant protecting high-value technology from industrial espionage. In the domesticity of their routine she finds long sought-after peace—until Bradford is arrested for murder, and the same interests who targeted him come after her, too.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Searching for answers and fighting to stay alive, Munroe will soon discover how far she’ll go to save Bradford from spending the next twenty years in locked-up isolation; how many laws she’ll break when the truth seems worse than his lies; and who to trust and who she must kill. Because she’s a strategist and hunter with a predator’s instincts, and the man she loves has just stabbed her in the back. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With break-neck pacing, incendiary prose, and an unforgettable cast of characters,<i>The Mask</i> features Vanessa Michael Munroe: a brilliant, lethal heroine who will stop at nothing to find the truth, no matter what it may cost.&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;<br>“Stevens excels at depicting pulse-pounding danger, and her prose and plotting are spectacular. . . . Only Dan Brown and Lee Child come close.” —<i>Dallas Morning News</i><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;“[Munroe is] a protagonist as deadly as she is irresistible.” —Vince Flynn<br>&nbsp;<br>“If you are a fan of Jack Reacher, Lisbeth Salander, or Nina Zero, you need to check out Vanessa Michael Munroe!” —<i>BookPage</i><br>&nbsp;<br>“A winning series character who has the world at her beck and call.” —<i>Los Angeles Times<br></i><br>“Munroe’s brooding personality and her ability to blend into her surroundings bring to mind the provocative Jason Bourne.” —<i>USA Today</i><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>