The Cleaner plunges readers into an enigmatic and action-packed world of espionage, hidden agendas, and global conspiracy. Alton Thibodeaux, a reclusive freelance asset known as a Cleaner in New Orleans, is pulled into a deadly game when he discovers that someone is systematically eliminating operatives like him.
His assignments arrive through a mysterious NSA numbers station, one he has been secretly monitoring in hopes of uncovering the truth. With few people he can trust, Alton turns to his only confidant, his aging mentor Jed Birch, a former Director of National Intelligence, for guidance.
At the same time, in Virginia, young NSA analyst Casey Neddow uncovers hidden transmissions buried deep within agency logs. Driven by duty, she begins to unravel a dangerous government conspiracy that will stop at nothing to remain buried.
As the lines between allies and enemies blur, Alton finds himself hunted by forces that seem to anticipate his every move. When he is ordered to eliminate a local attorney, the mission takes a personal turn, placing a new target in danger, Jolene Teagarden, a daughter he never knew existed.
In this gripping work of fiction, secrets collide and loyalties fracture in a world where nothing is as it seems.
