The Field of Blackbirds

When
Arben Shala disappears in Eastern Europe, Jeff Bradley promising
Arben's wife he will find her husband and bring him home travels to the UN
administered Serbian province of Kosovo. With help from American
Morgan Delaney, Barry Briggs an Australian working with the UN and the
enigmatic Lee Caldwell an agent for the world's largest private security firm, Jeff
uncovers a criminal conspiracy responsible for a series of bombings across
Europe.

Ignoring death threats Jeff and Morgan dig deeper and when the shocking truth
behind Arben's disappearance is finally uncovered it sets in motion a chain of
events that brings Kosovo to the brink of civil war and NATO troops onto the
streets of Kosovo's major cities.

 'The Field of Blackbirds by Thomas Ryan is a
gripping, fast paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, as
you continue to flip through the pages of the novel, unable to stop your need
to know what is going to happen next. Set mostly within the volatile borders of
Kosovo, the action and danger is believable and written in a knowledgeable way.
With the help of the beautiful Morgan, Jeff must give it everything he's got if
he wants to find out what happened to Arben and make it out of Kosovo alive.

This book is great at
interweaving international agencies and real life situations into the fabric of
the story, creating an unnerving tale that bounces off of the pages as if you
were right there running along the streets with Jeff and Morgan. Ryan does an
excellent job describing the settings, and all of the characters are
intricately developed, so that you are rooting for the heroes, and begging for
the villains to receive the punishments they deserve. The Field of Blackbirds
is an action packed thriller that you won't want to put down.