The Clause (22 page)
Authors: Brian Wiprud
Tags: #fiction, #mystery, #wiprud, #thriller, #suspense, #intelligence, #Navy, #jewels, #heist, #crime
NOBODY BENEFITS FROM PROLONGED WARFARE. ONLY THOSE THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE EVILS OF WAR CAN THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE PROFITABLE WAY OF WINNING.
—Sun Tzu,
The Art of War
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Originally from Washington D.C., Brian Wiprud is a New York City author of eight previous crime novels. Brian won the 2002 Lefty Award, has been nominated for Barry and Shamus Awards, and in 2011 was nominated for the RT Book Reviews Choice Award for Best Contemporary Mystery. Starred reviews have been bestowed on his novels by
Publishers Weekly
,
Library Journal,
and
Kirkus Reviews.
Brian is also an expert angler widely published in fly-fishing magazines.
His website is www.wiprud.com.
Photo by Joanne Murdock.
