Nicholas Drummond came to the FBI from New Scotland Yard, where he had already risen to the rank of chief inspector. His grandfather was a former head of the Yard, and his family has deep connections in British intelligence. Drummond brought with him an aristocratic bearing, a talent for languages, and a skill set that made most of his new American colleagues slightly suspicious of him.
He was paired with Special Agent Michaela “Mike” Caine in The Final Cut, and the two became permanent partners. Drummond’s British formality plays against Caine’s directness throughout the series. He is analytical where she is instinctive, methodical where she is impulsive, though those lines blur as the books progress.
The cases they handle escalate from art theft to international terrorism. Drummond’s connections in British intelligence and his family background become plot points in several books, with his past drawing them into conflicts that span continents.
Reading Order
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