The French Killing

The French Killing by James Cody

The fourth, action-packed adventure for The D.C. Man, the lethal freelancer Washington’s elite count on to solve their deadliest problems…

Brian Petersen is hired by the French embassy to protect a visiting millionaire…who gets himself murdered anyway. Now Petersen relentlessly hunts the killers, a blood-soaked pursuit that spans continents and leads to a global conspiracy that only he can destroy.

“Spies and spooks and shady diplomats abound, along with crooks and radicals and everything else good and bad from the mid 70’s. There is also a lot of fun reading.” Spy Guys and Gals Website

“Fast-moving. He is a lethal operator when he has to be.” New York Times


Books by James Cody

The Complete D.C. Man – All Four Novels

The Complete D.C. Man – All Four Novels

All FOUR novels in the legendary DC Man series of breathtaking thrillers, back in print for the first time in 50 years!

Brian Petersen is an ex-military intelligence officer-turned-D.C. lobbyist recovering from his family’s tragic death in a car accident. With his lobbying business in the toilet, he’s become a political fixer who uses his sharp intellect, his vast political connections, and his lethal, combat skills to solve sensitive problems.

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The French Killing

The French Killing

The fourth, action-packed adventure for The D.C. Man. Petersen is hired by the French embassy to protect a visiting millionaire…who gets himself murdered anyway. Now Petersen relentlessly hunts the killers, a blood-soaked pursuit that spans continents and leads to a global conspiracy that only he can destroy.

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Your Daughter Will Die!

Your Daughter Will Die!

The third brutal mission for The D.C. Man. A conservator Senator’s daughter is kidnapped by a leftist revolutionary group demanding a huge ransom. Petersen is hired to make the exchange with the terrorists… and then make them pay.

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Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy

The second exciting assignment for The D.C. Man. Petersen doesn’t buy it when a U.S. Senator spearheading an investigation into organized crime blows his own head-off on the eve of exposing a vast, criminal conspiracy. So the D.C. Man picks up where the Senator left off…and won’t stop until he takes the mob down.

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