Flashmob

<p><strong>Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2017</strong></p><p>Gifted troubleshooter John Smith introduced in the acclaimed thriller <em>Killfile</em> must take down a shadowy figure who has weaponized the internet using social media to put a price on the heads of his targets in this intense unstoppable thriller from the author reviewers have compared to Michael Crichton Brad Thor and James Rollins.</p><p>As a fixer for America's one percent John Smith cleans up the messes of those rich enough to afford him. But he's no ordinary gun for hire. Smith is a man of rare gifts including the ability to read minds. Arriving at the wedding of Kira Sadeghi a reality television celebrity he recently saved from kidnappers Smith witnesses a group of gunmen open fire hitting the bride and others. Though he's unarmed Smith cripples one of the killers and is able to pry one word from his mind: Downvote.</p><p>Eager to learn more Smith hacks into the brain of an FBI agent investigating the attack to discover the Bureau has been investigating a nefarious new threat called Downvote an encrypted site on the dark net that lists the names of celebrities and offers a hefty bounty for anyone who can kill them--unleashing an anonymous and deadly flashmob with a keystroke. </p><p>Finding a mastermind on the internet is like trying to catch air--unless you're John Smith. Motivated by money and revenge he traces a series of electronic signatures to a reclusive billionaire living at sea accompanied by a scary-smart female bodyguard who becomes Smith's partner in his quest. The hunt for their prey will lead from Hong Kong to Reykjavik to a luxury gambling resort deep in the Laotian jungle. Yet always this criminal mastermind remains one step ahead.</p><p>The only way Downvote's creator can stop Smith is to kill him . . . because while this diabolical genius can run there's no hiding from a man who can read minds. </p>