The King's Deception

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone arrives in London on a routine errand and immediately loses both the fugitive he was escorting and his teenage son. The crisis draws him into a high-stakes confrontation between American and British intelligence over the imminent release of the Lockerbie bomber, a standoff tangled with a centuries-old Tudor secret that an ambitious CIA operation hopes to exploit for political leverage.

Scott Brick's narration brings his characteristic precision to Berry's globe-trotting thriller, handling the rapid scene changes between contemporary Washington politics and sixteenth-century intrigue with practiced confidence. Brick has narrated the entire Cotton Malone series and his familiarity with the characters shows in the consistency he brings to each returning voice. The audiobook's brisk pacing makes the nearly fourteen-hour runtime feel purposeful.