Memorial Day 
Fearless counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp is called upon to fight against the world's most deadly terrorists in this harrowing political thriller by New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn.
It's just seven days before Memorial Day, and the nation's capital is buzzing with last-minute preparations for the unveiling of the magnificent new memorial honoring the men and women who fought in World War II. Despite the hopeful energy of the city, Mitch Rapp senses trouble. A spike in CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States. Now it's up to Rapp to pull out all the stops.
Rapp immediately leaves for Afghanistan, where he leads a special forces unit on a daring commando raid across the border into a remote Pakistani village. Their target: an al Qaeda stronghold. Within a subterranean room, Rapp and his team discover a treasure trove of maps, computers, files, and bills of lading for multiple freighters heading to U.S. ports -- all pointing to plans for a catastrophic nuclear attack on Washington, DC.
Information is quickly relayed back to CIA headquarters, and a nuclear emergency support team scrambles to the scene. In a few hours, the freighters have been located and disarmed and the danger has been averted. Or has it?
Despite all the backslapping and congratulations, Mitch Rapp can't shake the feeling that the operation seemed just a bit too easy. Rapp follows his instincts on a quest to unearth the whole truth. What he finds is truly terrifying, and with Memorial Day closing fast, Rapp must find a way to prevent a disaster of unimaginable proportions.
Packed with the heartstopping action and political intrigue that Vince Flynn's fans love, here is a stylish thriller exalting America's past battles for freedom as well as its continued fight for peace.
Reviews
In the current installment, Rapp's in Pakistan chasing an Al Qaeda cell that's been hiding in a remote village. Fearing that the leadership will be warned, Rapp organizes a raid of Army Rangers, who capture some senior terrorists, kill all of the others, and clean out a communications room the terrorists were using. In that room the Americans discover a treasure trove of documents, including a map of Washington D.C. wiht blast radii drawn on it, the distances involved making it clear that the device involved is nuclear. Things, of course, swiftly get more complicated.
This is another good, strong, quick novel by Flynn. In addition to everything else. the author brings up a good point: If a terrorist is captured, and there's obvious evidence that he knows the whereabouts of the atomic bomb that's going to destroy a major city, should someone torture him to discover his secrets.? Rapp of course doesn't hesitate at all, and the plot goes from there.
I enjoyed this book a great deal, and would recommend it.
Mr. Flynn needs a more assertive editor. His use of language is so sloppy as to distract a reasonably sensitive reader from the finer points of the story. This probably isn't detrimental to the reader's comprehension, but it is irritatng.
Finally, one very minor quibble: non-standard spellings are used throughout (such as "harken" rather than "hearken"). This may or may not matter to any given reader, but I found it to be worthy of mention.
His protagonist, Mitch Rapp, seems to creep into superhero status at times as he attempts to thwart the enemy's attacks and circumnavigate the halls of power in Wash DC. Sometimes I expected him to just jump in the air and fly off like superman. I've noticed this type of character is common in the late rush of terror attack thrillers. I don't know how common they are in reality.
Other than that, the book seems realistic and it definitely catches your attention. It certainly defines the conflict between terrorists and the US and the conflict in our government between those who want to fight and win this war and those who want to placate terrorists.
You won't be disappointed with this one.