02415cam a2200373 i 4500 550994627 TxAuBib 20220101120000.0 220221s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062892409 hardcover 0062892401 hardcover TnLvILS eng rda TnLvILS TxAuBib rda Meltzer, Brad. The lightning rod : a Zig & Nola novel / Brad Meltzer. First edition. New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] x, 419 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Escape artist ; ; 2 Sequel to: The escape artist. "What's the one secret no one knows about you? Archie Mint has a secret. He's led a charmed life--he's got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he's killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered--and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint's been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined. While working on Mint's body before his funeral, mortician 'Zig' Zigarowski discovers something he was never meant to see. That telling detail leads him to Mint's former top secret military unit and his connection to artist Nola Brown. Two years ago, Nola saved Zig's life--so he knows better than most that she's as volatile and dangerous as a bolt of lightning. Following Nola's trail, he uncovers one of the U.S. government's most intensely guarded secrets--an undisclosed military facility that dates back to the Cold War and holds the key to something far more sinister: a hidden group willing to compromise the very safety and security of America itself. Trouble always finds her ... She's the lightning rod"-- Provided by publisher. 20220101. United States Army Fiction. Women artists Fiction. Undertakers and undertaking Fiction. Conspiracies United States Fiction. Defense information, Classified Fiction. Official secrets United States Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Escape artist ; ; 2.