This is the 27th in David Hagberg's action-driven, over-the-top spy thrillers starring legendary operative Kirk McGarvey - now wed to Pete Boylan, who is at least as tough as he is.

Their close friend, computer whiz Otto, is arrested for treason, leading Pete and Mac to spring into action to clear his name.

The action is constant and deadly, and the conclusion is a shocker..

Traitor by David Hagberg is a highly recommended thriller and the 27th and final novel in the Kirk McGarvey series.

Otto Renke, the CIA chief of electronic surveillance, has been arrested, charged with treason and quickly whisked away to be held in a secret location. His best friend, Kirk McGarvey (Mac) and his wife Petey fly in from Japan to clear Otto's name and support his wife, Mary. In the meantime, Otto is being interrogated by a homeland security agent. Someone or some foreign agency is clearly targeting Otto and must be stopped. Sadly Otto's computed, named Lou, is unable to be accessed for help. The real traitor must be found in order to clear Otto.

As the 27th novel in the series, I admittedly felt like I was several steps behind in knowing the players and their background in this series. It is still an enjoyable thriller and provided plenty of tension and suspense. There is enough information provided to follow along with the characters current situations as well as their back story. No concrete information is giving about the evidence that is being used to charge Otto, but Mac and Petey are fighting other intel agents while trying to prove Otto's innocence. This was at times a rather slow moving thriller but it still held my attention throughout. I somehow haven't read any of the previous novels in the series, but Traitor has convinced me that it's time to start at the beginning of the series and work my way to this final novel.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Macmillian
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Great end to the Kirk McGarvey series. This is the last book in the series due to David Hagberg’s passing. The series went out with a bang. Otto Renke, Kirk’s best friends and CIA tech guru, is accused of treason and placed under arrest. With Otto out of commission, Kirk and his wife Pete need to find who is framing Otto and quickly before the CIA interrogators go too far. This task is made more difficult as they do not have Otto and his computer (named after his deceased wife, Lou) to help them. It a race to find the real traitor and clear Otto.

This book was a page turner. The chase to find the traitor was intriguing and easily kept you engaged the whole book. It was also interesting to see Kirk function without Otto to back him up. While I was able to determine who the traitor was roughly halfway through the novel, it did not take away from my enjoyment or engagement with the book. Some of the earlier books in the series have failed to reach the heights of earlier books, but I felt that Traitor was right up there among the best in the series.

This was an excellent thriller that any Kirk McGarvey fan will enjoy as a cap to the series. I also believe this story can be read as a stand alone or out of order within the series. If you enjoy a good thriller with an unnamed traitor to be hunted, this book is for you.

A good book that I enjoyed quite a bit. I actually figured out who the traitor was about halfway through the book but wasn't 100% sure so the book was still suspenseful. The book had many parts where it wasn't totally believable but it spurred the story along so I didn't mind all that much. I don't see how a suspected traitor would be given any leeway to move into a less restrictive house under any circumstance. McGarvey and his wife were a very good team that kept the action flowing and I liked Otto as the cranky genius. A very enjoyable book.