"Choke Point"

"Choke Point" is Ridley Pearson's second novel in his "Risk Agent" series and the third book, "The Red Room, is due to come out in June of 2014.  John Knox finds himself on his way to Amsterdam as an employee of Rutherford Risk.  The firm has been hired by a philanthropist to locate and shut down a shop that employs and enslaves young girls to make knotted rugs.  The shop came to the philanthropist's attention after its existence was revealed by an award-winning female journalist. 

Knox is once again paired with Grace Chu who uses her own unique skills to help him find the location of the shop so he can put it out of business.  Unfortunately, not everyone wants the shop shut down including some of the parents so Knox and Chu find themselves wondering who they can trust and trying to stay out of the way of an organized crime group that doesn't find it in their best interest to have the shop shut down.  In addition, the police aren't always that helpful either.   Once again they put their lives at risk and continue to "do the right thing" even after the assignment has been terminated.  Pearson weaves a complicated, engrossing tale -- as usual!  pazt