Make Them Cry: A Novel

For fans of The Border*and Jason Bourne, Make Them Cry*is an explosive action thriller about a DEA agent sucked into a dangerous turf war on the US-Mexico border.

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It's hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she's now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she's thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question.*

Gustavo sends her down a rabbit hole that leads to a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she and the DEA ever suspected. She teams up with Ian Carver, a disillusioned CIA agent, and begins to unravel layers of deceptions, grifts, and schemes that date back to the beginnings of the Afghanistan War. As they learn more, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. They are at the center of an international manhunt with world-changing consequences-and the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she'd never do. Stylishly written and relentlessly plotted, Make Them Cry*is an action-packed thriller of unimaginable stakes.

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Make Them Cry: A Novel

For fans of The Border*and Jason Bourne, Make Them Cry*is an explosive action thriller about a DEA agent sucked into a dangerous turf war on the US-Mexico border.

*

It's hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she's now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she's thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question.*

Gustavo sends her down a rabbit hole that leads to a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she and the DEA ever suspected. She teams up with Ian Carver, a disillusioned CIA agent, and begins to unravel layers of deceptions, grifts, and schemes that date back to the beginnings of the Afghanistan War. As they learn more, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. They are at the center of an international manhunt with world-changing consequences-and the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she'd never do. Stylishly written and relentlessly plotted, Make Them Cry*is an action-packed thriller of unimaginable stakes.

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Make Them Cry: A Novel

Make Them Cry: A Novel

by Smith Henderson, Jon Marc Smith

Narrated by Sophie Amoss

Unabridged — 10 hours, 49 minutes

Make Them Cry: A Novel

Make Them Cry: A Novel

by Smith Henderson, Jon Marc Smith

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Overview

For fans of The Border*and Jason Bourne, Make Them Cry*is an explosive action thriller about a DEA agent sucked into a dangerous turf war on the US-Mexico border.

*

It's hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she's now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she's thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question.*

Gustavo sends her down a rabbit hole that leads to a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she and the DEA ever suspected. She teams up with Ian Carver, a disillusioned CIA agent, and begins to unravel layers of deceptions, grifts, and schemes that date back to the beginnings of the Afghanistan War. As they learn more, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. They are at the center of an international manhunt with world-changing consequences-and the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she'd never do. Stylishly written and relentlessly plotted, Make Them Cry*is an action-packed thriller of unimaginable stakes.


Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

Fans of riveting audiobooks about good guys and bad guys, current events, and realistic characters are in luck. This mystery is a great listen narrated well by Sophie Amoss. The story centers on Diane Harbaugh, a DEA agent who is almost too good at her job. Then, a visit from a criminal turned informant disrupts everything Harbaugh thought she knew and believed. In pursuit of the truth, she must traverse international hot spots, the drug war, the war in Afghanistan, and so much more. Amoss does an exceptional job depicting the conflict Harbaugh faces in her professional life and with regard to her sense of right and wrong, good versus bad, justice versus mercy. This is an action-packed listen, and fans of thrillers will not be disappointed. J.P.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

"A kinetic new thriller. . . . What starts as a violent thriller flips over and becomes an examination of the aftermath of armed conflict, in which sorting the good guys from the bad is less about uniforms and codes and more about personal morality." — Los Angeles Times

"Plenty of flaws in the main character but few in this satisfying thriller."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"An intelligent, propulsive thriller. . . . Flawed, flesh-and-blood characters provide nuance and depth, and the authors’ grasp of global politics is on full display. Fans of Don Winslow and T. Jefferson Parker will be enthralled." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Make Them Cry is one of those rare novels that is both artistically principled and marvelously fun to read, a combination of elegant, painstaking craftsmanship and suspenseful entertainment.  If that were not enough, it is also a book that reaches into the reader's heart.  It is not often that I can say, as I do now: I loved this novel."   — Tim O'Brien

“In their debut thriller Make Them Cry, Smith and Henderson burst onto the scene with muscular style, a blockbuster plot, and flair to spare. Intelligent, informed, important, humane, and remarkably witty, Make Them Cry arrives like a bullet train to your cerebral cortex...No doubt, Agent Diane Harbaugh, a bad-ass woman for our times, is here to stay and will take her rightful place alongside Bourne and Reacher before long.”  — Ivy Pochoda, author of Wonder Valley and These Women

Ivy Pochoda

In their debut thriller Make Them Cry, Smith and Henderson burst onto the scene with muscular style, a blockbuster plot, and flair to spare. Intelligent, informed, important, humane, and remarkably witty, Make Them Cry arrives like a bullet train to your cerebral cortex...No doubt, Agent Diane Harbaugh, a bad-ass woman for our times, is here to stay and will take her rightful place alongside Bourne and Reacher before long.” 

|Los Angeles Times

"A kinetic new thriller. . . . What starts as a violent thriller flips over and becomes an examination of the aftermath of armed conflict, in which sorting the good guys from the bad is less about uniforms and codes and more about personal morality."

Tim O'Brien

"Make Them Cry is one of those rare novels that is both artistically principled and marvelously fun to read, a combination of elegant, painstaking craftsmanship and suspenseful entertainment.  If that were not enough, it is also a book that reaches into the reader's heart.  It is not often that I can say, as I do now: I loved this novel."  

Los Angeles Times

"A kinetic new thriller. . . . What starts as a violent thriller flips over and becomes an examination of the aftermath of armed conflict, in which sorting the good guys from the bad is less about uniforms and codes and more about personal morality."

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

Fans of riveting audiobooks about good guys and bad guys, current events, and realistic characters are in luck. This mystery is a great listen narrated well by Sophie Amoss. The story centers on Diane Harbaugh, a DEA agent who is almost too good at her job. Then, a visit from a criminal turned informant disrupts everything Harbaugh thought she knew and believed. In pursuit of the truth, she must traverse international hot spots, the drug war, the war in Afghanistan, and so much more. Amoss does an exceptional job depicting the conflict Harbaugh faces in her professional life and with regard to her sense of right and wrong, good versus bad, justice versus mercy. This is an action-packed listen, and fans of thrillers will not be disappointed. J.P.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940177876603
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/22/2020
Edition description: Unabridged
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