The Deceived by Brett Battles, 358 pages.
Quinn, Nate, and Orlando are back again, and yet another job yields clues that someone they care about is in danger. They race all the way around the world, questioning everyone, telling in an instant if someone is lying to them, because they are such skilled agents, but then the whole book is built around lies that they are told that they never question. If they weren't suddenly gullible schoolchildren, the book would grind to a halt. A few phone calls could be made and all the bad guys arrested. As it is though they find themselves back in firefights with trained assassins who seem to have decent weaponry, and yet they escape time and again. It just feels like a sloppy rendition of a good plot.
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