Quinton Mann, a highly ranked CIA officer, is used to being called the Ice Man. He’s astounded to discover himself in a relationship with Mark Vincent, not because Vincent is a man, but because he’s a top-rated WBIS agent. There they are though, for a total of five glorious days. But when Mark uses the excuse of going to Massachusetts for his mother’s funeral to end their relationship, Quinn’s not buying it.<br><br>No one screws with Mark Vincent. Even Mark doesn't screw with himself. Once he realizes how close he's allowed Quinton Mann to get to him, he does what any self-respecting spy would do -- he makes tracks out of there. But Quinn does something no one else ever has -- he comes after Mark. Maybe this relationship thing with a spook isn’t such a bad idea.<br><br>Meanwhile, something strange is going on in the intelligence community worldwide. It takes Quinn’s disappearance while investigating a rogue antiterrorism organization that results in Mark making up his mind. Quinn may be a spook, but he’s Mark’s spook, dammit -- and once he gets Quinn home, he intends to keep him. He knows without a doubt he’ll find Quinn. The question is, will he find Quinn in time?

Not My Spook

“If it involves my boy, then it involves me.” I took the picture from Matheson. Fortunately, the man in the picture with him was Theo. “Are you sure you want this?” It wasn’t a very good likeness of him. He looked as if he’d just been kissedstupid.


I shrugged and turned back to Davies. “You want to tell me now why you’re fucking with my agent?”


“You and your cloak and dagger maneuvers, Vincent. This isn’t the Cold War anymore.” Davies’s voice had gone strident, and he was looking furious. “We are aware that Matheson was in Phoenix at the same time Bill Fitzwilliam disappeared. As you should know, Fitzwilliam was an irreplaceable contact for the WBIS.”


“No one is irreplaceable. Surely you’ve worked here long enough to have learned that simple fact? And what gave you the impression that Matheson was in Arizona whenever it was you think Fitzwilliam went missing?”


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