{"id":47952,"date":"2018-08-15T19:37:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T01:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=47952"},"modified":"2018-08-15T19:37:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T01:37:56","slug":"charlie-spillers-signs-his-book-%e2%80%8bwhirlwind-tuesday-august-21-at-off-square-books-in-oxford-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/charlie-spillers-signs-his-book-%e2%80%8bwhirlwind-tuesday-august-21-at-off-square-books-in-oxford-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Spillers Signs His Book &#8220;\u200bWhirlwind&#8221; Tuesday, August 21 at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A drone strike in in the Golan Heights kills an Iranian Quds Force\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">general. In retaliation, terror cells are sent to the U.S. When a member\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">of a terror cell dies in an auto accident, FBI agent Frank Marsh\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">discovers that an attack may be imminent. Based on vague clues, he and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kathy Foster try to figure out where terrorists plan to attack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At first,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">sparks fly between Frank and Kathy because of an issue from their past.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Their investigation is also hampered by bureaucratic obstacles, turf\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">battles\u00a0 among agencies and treachery. They become outcasts from their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">own agencies and no one listens when they discover the possible target\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">of a pending terror attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Frank discovers that someone in Washington is providing information to the terror group. In\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tehran, Marwan, the commander of a Quds Force assassination unit, realizes Frank and Kathy\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">are a threat to uncovering the traitor and he targets the couple for assassination. Gripping intrigue\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">propels Frank, Kathy and Marwan to a final confrontation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Charlie Spillers<\/strong> is the author of Confessions of an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and the Toll of a Double Life. The book describes his experiences and narrow escapes during 10\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">years of undercover crime fighting. Mr. Spillers is a former Marine, agent and career federal\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">prosecutor who served as the U.S. Department of Justice Attach\u00e9 for Iraq. His work related to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Iraq was recognized by the FBI Director, the British Ambassador and Britain&#8217;s Minister of State\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">for the Armed Forces.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drone strike in in the Golan Heights kills an Iranian Quds Force\u00a0general. 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