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Mark M. Bello
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Zachary Blake is overjoyed to attend the bar-mitzvah of Josh Cooper, his friend Rich’s son. But Josh’s special day is interrupted when a terrorist bomb explodes in the temple. Josh disappears during the melee. City police determine that Cooper’s neighbor, Chip Ellis, is also missing. The bomb is homemade, the motive is unclear, but because it’s a Jewish temple, the police believe this might be a hate crime.
There are no bodies in the bathroom where the bomb exploded and no trace of Josh Cooper or Chip Ellis. The two families are beside themselves, grateful that no bodies were found in the rubble, but extremely worried about their loved ones. Were they abducted and murdered elsewhere or are they still alive? What are the cops or the FBI doing to find them?
Rich Cooper receives a ransom demand and turns to his friend, Zachary Blake, to participate in negotiations. Zack has some experience, having negotiated a previous hostage release in Syria.
The hostage-takers are revealed to be alt-right, anti-Semitic domestic terrorists. Aside from a money demand, they use their 15 minutes of fame to broadcast their racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic manifesto to like-minded citizens.
Winger Wright, the terrorist’s leader, enjoys himself. In no hurry to negotiate a hostage release, he prefers to peddle his bigoted garbage in exchange for online donations. But the terrorist slips up and his location is discovered. The FBI and local police descend on the abduction site, rescue the hostages, kill most of the terrorists, and arrest one man. Winger Wright, however, the mastermind and leader of the terrorists, is nowhere to be found.
The lone terrorist in custody is offered a plea deal in exchange for information. He denies kidnapping two people and claims that Josh Cooper was the lone hostage. When law enforcement officials show the man a photo of Chip Ellis, he identifies him as Winger Wright, the mastermind of the bombing.
But according to Josh, Ellis was a hostage and a comfort to him while the two were in captivity. Rich and Gail Cooper described Chip as a terrific person and neighbor. The FBI has trouble connecting Ellis to the Patriotic Storm Troopers but arrests him based upon the eye-witness testimony and Josh’s opinion that his voice may “sound similar” to the terrorist Wright.
Rich and Gail are beyond grateful that Chip Ellis helped Josh while the two were in captivity. Chip needs a good lawyer, and Rich recommends Zachary Blake. Blake is happy to help his friend Rich but is privately concerned that Chip might be an anti-Semitic domestic terrorist. The FBI is convinced they have the right man.
Zachary and Jennifer Blake, Micah Love, FBI Agent Clare Gibson, computer whiz Reed Spencer and a fabulous supporting cast return in this taut thriller, the 9th edition of the Zachary Blake legal thriller series. Is Chip Ellis a good neighbor in the wrong place at the wrong time or is he
The Anti-Semite Next Door?
