Reincarnation

<p><em>Reincarnation</em> is the fifth novel in the CIA series that continues the story of</p><p>former CIA clandestine operator Woody Stressel and the beautiful KGB</p><p>agent Ava Volkov. With CIA help the two protagonists have once again been</p><p>reincarnated this time as young medical doctors in training. Six years have</p><p>elapsed since the now-married couple escaped from Mexico and a planned</p><p>horrible death by members of a Chicago mafia. The woman Kinzie Reichert is a</p><p>pediatric oncology fellow and her husband Ben Reichert is a general surgery</p><p>resident. Their goal to live quietly and anonymously is disrupted when the</p><p>couple's young daughter is attacked by a rude ten-year-old bully at the park.</p><p>This forces Kinzie to resort to her KGB training to disable the boy's threatening</p><p>father with a well-placed kick to his anatomical nether regions and a followup</p><p>head smash. The father Gregor Ivanovich is a powerful Russian criminal</p><p>lawyer and vows deadly vengeance.</p><p></p><p>As the story evolves a number of unexpected deaths of wealthy people occur</p><p>with surprisingly rapid autopsies by the medical examiner. His denier raises</p><p>questions about the fraudulent death reports and becomes the victim of a</p><p>mysterious fall from the tenth floor of the hospital tower. Ben and Kinzie befriend</p><p>a nerdy MD/PhD pathologist who is working with a new Russian compound that</p><p>initially seems to cure childhood leukemia but causes rupture of the ascending</p><p>aorta four weeks later with a horrible and painful death. The three new friends</p><p>are suspicious that the dead people may have been surreptitiously fed the</p><p>compound as part of an ingenious murder-for-hire operation involving the</p><p>medical examiner as well as the Russian lawyer.</p><p></p><p>The plot becomes ever more compelling when Ben and Kinzie meet an old friend</p><p>at a wake at a shady funeral home on the outskirts of town. This old friend</p><p>brings added fire power to help protect the doctors from hired killers. Interest</p><p>mounts as unusual new characters appear and become caught up in the web of</p><p>dangerous intrigue. The denouement of the story is utterly unpredictable and</p><p>will leave readers guessing until the final chapter.</p>