Newt Gingrich

Listen to "Newt Gingrich Releases The Book Shake Down" on Spreaker. New York Times best-selling authors Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley are back with SHAKEDOWN (Broadside Books/an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; March 24, 2020; $27.99), the second in their riveting series of ripped-from-the-headlines political thrillers featuring Valerie Mayberry and Brett Garrett. As this unlikely pair-a disgraced former FBI agent and a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL-team to avert a deadly crisis with Iran, they once again operate outside official channels, caught between competing world powers as they race to avoid both an international incident and certain danger to themselves. As they have consistently done in their best-selling fiction, Gingrich and Earley deftly tap into the complicated issues that are affecting our nation and the world. Gingrich-former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate-and Earley-former Washington Post journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist-pool their rarified expertise to parse the issues concerning us all, including Iran's nuclear capabilities, Russian interference, partisan gridlock, bias at the FBI, and a media imbalance. Propelling the high-speed plot are a complex tangle of question: Is Iran playing the U.S. for fools or are they undermining some other enemy? Can Washington rise above its dysfunction to protect our national interests? Will FBI infighting derail an urgently needed investigation? Pulled back into the world of clandestine ops, Mayberry and Garrett uncover an unparalleled attack being planned, with too many potential enemies to count. The obsessive and uptight Mayberry and the fiercely independent Garrett have just one chance to prove the effectiveness of their unconventional way of carrying out business. With its singular perspective and riveting narrative, SHAKEDOWN is a timely follow-up to Gingrich and Earley's best-selling Collusion.