Description: It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist who designed a portable atomic bomb has disappeared, the race is on to find him--and the bomb--before it ends up in the wrong hands. Smith's depiction of post-cold war Poland is gloomily atmospheric and murky in a world where nothing is quite as it seems. Suspenseful, thrilling, and smart, The Fourth Courier brings together a straight white FBI agent and a gay black CIA officer as they team up to uncover a gruesome plot involving murder, radioactive contraband, narcissistic government leaders, and unconscionable greed.
Brief description: Timothy Jay Smith is an experienced author and screenwriter who has traveled the world collecting stories and characters for his work. His novel Fire on the Island received the Gold Medal in the 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition while his screenplays have won numerous international competitions. The founder of the Smith Prize for Political Theater, he currently resides in France.