Agent in Place

Slight spine slant, corners bumped. A clean, tight copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; "Among the most dangerous pieces on the chessboard of espionage are the gullible idealist in a position of trust and the constantly vulnerable agent in place. When the idealist is duped to reveal sensitive information, when the agent in place is forced into the open, disaster strikes.
"The NATO Memorandum, classified Top Secret, is the ethal prize sought by Soviet Intelligence in the deadly game that continues relentlessly beneath the dubious veneer of detente. A cryptic telephone call to a Russian 'sleeper' in Washington, a mugging-murder of an unidentifiable man, an anonymous leak to the press of one section of the NATO Memorandum .
"A small team of specialists, led by an Englishman working under cover as a businessman, desperately moves to counter the Soviet plan and to save, if they can, the agent now in flight. Their involvement is not only professional but also personal, for friends, an American journalist and his attractive wife, are seriously implicated.
"This dazzling tale races with suspense and stunning revelations to reach an explosive conclusion . In a sunny resort on the French Riviera. "

Product Info

ISBN: 0006150713

ISBN-13: 9780006150718

Publisher: Fontana

Year: 1977

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

OrielisBooks

Address: 1 Martha Lane Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Website: https://www.orielisbooks.com

Country: United States