Shadows — Alex Hunter

'He took out a small flashlight, lay down on his back and eased himself partially underneath the vehicle. The next package of plastique with a trembler switch rested on the drive shaft, ready to explode when the engine started.'

Following the murder of a young investigative journalist in France, Luc Hansen, an agent of the shadowy DER, the European Union's security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a massive fraud and arms-smuggling operation orchestrated from within the heart of the European Commission in Brussels. As Luc races to close down the arms route, his investigation is endangered and the life of his partner, Joanna Donnelly, threatened by the existence of a 'mole' high inside the DER itself.