Illicit Trade
Michael Niemann
(Author)
Description
Two poor Kenyan men visiting the U.S. are found dead, one in jail, one on the street. Both used forged UN documents to enter the country. Valentin Vermeulen's superiors have no interest in the plight of undocumented immigrants, but they want him to stop the fraud. The clues take Vermeulen from New York City to Newark, where he riles a woman known as The Broker, then to Vienna.
Earle Jackson, a small-time hustler and the last person to speak with one of the dead Kenyans, has taken the man's passport and money. He also finds a note listing an address in Newark, where his efforts to cash in on the situation go awry. Fleeing for his life, Jackson flies to Nairobi using the dead man's passport.
Book 2 in the Valentin Vermeulen Thriller series.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Coffeetown Press
Publish Date
March 01, 2017
Pages
244
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.61 inches | 0.66 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781603815895
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About the Author
Michael Niemann grew up in a small town in Germany, ten kilometers from the Dutch border. Crossing that border often at a young age sparked in him a curiosity about the larger world. He studied political science at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität in Bonn and international studies at the University of Denver. During his academic career he focused his work on southern Africa and frequently spent time in the region.
Reviews
Legitimate Business: As soon as I finished this exciting thriller, I wished to start reading again.... Ideology, greed and the other human frailties predominate, while our protagonist Vermeulen is not so much flawed hero, as a man who tries to learn from his mistakes and make course corrections: an evolving human. The Haunted Reading Room"
http: //www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60381-589-5
"In Niemann's intriguing second Valentin Vermeulen thriller (after Legitimate Business), the New York-based Flemish employee of the U.N.'s Office of Internal Oversight Services fields a complaint from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that someone at the OIOS office in Nairobi used a fake invitation letter to get a Kenyan man, Joseph Odinga, a visa to enter the U.S. Odinga, who was detained at JFK airport because he was acting suspiciously, is now at a detention center in Elizabeth, N.J. When Vermeulen tries to visit Odinga, he learns that the Kenyan is dead. An anonymous phone caller later tells him that Odinga was murdered by a fellow detainee. Meanwhile, Earle Jackson, a small-time hustler in Newark, N.J., encounters another Kenyan man, who dies in his arms on the street; Jackson takes the man's wallet and passport. Readers may figure out the criminal enterprise behind the visa scam before the heroes do, but the unexpected resourcefulness that Vermeulen and Jackson each display in dealing with dangerous foes in their respective quests is highly entertaining." (Mar.)
--Publishers Weekly, reviewed on 12/30/2016
Legitimate Business: "As soon as I finished this exciting thriller, I wished to start reading again.... Ideology, greed and the other human frailties predominate, while our protagonist Vermeulen is not so much 'flawed hero, ' as a man who tries to learn from his mistakes and make course corrections: an evolving human." --The Haunted Reading Room
In Niemann's intriguing second Valentin Vermeulen thriller (after Legitimate Business), the New York-based Flemish employee of the U.N.'s Office of Internal Oversight Services fields a complaint from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that someone at the OIOS office in Nairobi used a fake invitation letter to get a Kenyan man, Joseph Odinga, a visa to enter the U.S. Odinga, who was detained at JFK airport because he was acting suspiciously, is now at a detention center in Elizabeth, N.J. When Vermeulen tries to visit Odinga, he learns that the Kenyan is dead. An anonymous phone caller later tells him that Odinga was murdered by a fellow detainee. Meanwhile, Earle Jackson, a small-time hustler in Newark, N.J., encounters another Kenyan man, who dies in his arms on the street; Jackson takes the man's wallet and passport. Readers may figure out the criminal enterprise behind the visa scam before the heroes do, but the unexpected resourcefulness that Vermeulen and Jackson each display in dealing with dangerous foes in their respective quests is highly entertaining. (Mar.) --Publishers Weekly. Reviewed on 12/30/2016
http: //www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60381-589-5
"In Niemann's intriguing second Valentin Vermeulen thriller (after Legitimate Business), the New York-based Flemish employee of the U.N.'s Office of Internal Oversight Services fields a complaint from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that someone at the OIOS office in Nairobi used a fake invitation letter to get a Kenyan man, Joseph Odinga, a visa to enter the U.S. Odinga, who was detained at JFK airport because he was acting suspiciously, is now at a detention center in Elizabeth, N.J. When Vermeulen tries to visit Odinga, he learns that the Kenyan is dead. An anonymous phone caller later tells him that Odinga was murdered by a fellow detainee. Meanwhile, Earle Jackson, a small-time hustler in Newark, N.J., encounters another Kenyan man, who dies in his arms on the street; Jackson takes the man's wallet and passport. Readers may figure out the criminal enterprise behind the visa scam before the heroes do, but the unexpected resourcefulness that Vermeulen and Jackson each display in dealing with dangerous foes in their respective quests is highly entertaining." (Mar.)
--Publishers Weekly, reviewed on 12/30/2016
Legitimate Business: "As soon as I finished this exciting thriller, I wished to start reading again.... Ideology, greed and the other human frailties predominate, while our protagonist Vermeulen is not so much 'flawed hero, ' as a man who tries to learn from his mistakes and make course corrections: an evolving human." --The Haunted Reading Room
In Niemann's intriguing second Valentin Vermeulen thriller (after Legitimate Business), the New York-based Flemish employee of the U.N.'s Office of Internal Oversight Services fields a complaint from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that someone at the OIOS office in Nairobi used a fake invitation letter to get a Kenyan man, Joseph Odinga, a visa to enter the U.S. Odinga, who was detained at JFK airport because he was acting suspiciously, is now at a detention center in Elizabeth, N.J. When Vermeulen tries to visit Odinga, he learns that the Kenyan is dead. An anonymous phone caller later tells him that Odinga was murdered by a fellow detainee. Meanwhile, Earle Jackson, a small-time hustler in Newark, N.J., encounters another Kenyan man, who dies in his arms on the street; Jackson takes the man's wallet and passport. Readers may figure out the criminal enterprise behind the visa scam before the heroes do, but the unexpected resourcefulness that Vermeulen and Jackson each display in dealing with dangerous foes in their respective quests is highly entertaining. (Mar.) --Publishers Weekly. Reviewed on 12/30/2016
