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James Grady has published more than a dozen novels, a handful of short stories, and has worked in feature films and television. He's been both a U.S. Senate aide and a national investigative reporter for Jack Anderson. Grady's writing honors include France's Grand Prix du Roman Noir (2001), Italy's Raymond Chandler Medal (2003), and an Edgar Award nomination (1997). He has two children and lives with his wife inside Washington, D.C.'s Beltway.

The acclaimed author of "Six Days of the Condor" returns with a brilliant novel launched from a totally original creation: the CIAUs secret insane asylum for "retired" agents. Suspenseful, fast, and edgy, as well as funny and humane, this is a stunning novel of political commentary and a tour-de-force of contemporary literary style, and a look at 21st-century spy wars. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

The Washington Post - Maureen Corrigan

… Mad Dogs, which was written by veteran reporter and novelist James Grady (of Six Days of the Condor fame) is much more inventive, hectic and, at times, moving than that synopsis would suggest. The five patients in the Day Room that fateful day are ex-CIA agents, housed at a secret mental hospital in Maine because their tethers to sanity have snapped in courageous service to their country. Their hapless psychiatrist, Leon Friedman, is murdered after the session concludes, when he's sitting alone going over notes. One of the patients returns to the Day Room and finds the skewered shrink, whose brain has been professionally punctured (via his right ear) with a sharp object.