Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt, the twenty-third Scot Harvath novel, deploys America's most lethal operative into a crisis that begins with a mysterious Russian cargo plane and ends with a conspiracy in Paris that could ignite a global conflict. A high-value defector in Norway, a French agent following a conspiracy thread, and Harvath's own conscience converging on a choice about country and principle — Thor writes his most morally complicated Harvath novel to date, making the thriller's kinetic energy serve a genuine ethical question.

Armand Schultz narrates with the controlled urgency that has defined the Harvath series across twenty-plus entries. His command of the European theater, the varied cast of intelligence operatives and civilian assets, is expert. At just under twelve hours the audiobook delivers the series' familiar satisfactions at a level of ambition the awards recognition reflects.