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Researching his investigative biography of ruthless CIA Director Andrew Carlson, John Brady receives an anonymous call that sends him on a hair-raising odyssey from New York City to the Maine coast. Reprint.

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The author of Seven Days to Petrograd has written another literate, intelligent, often witty thriller, but here the plot becomes so convoluted and farfetched that credibility suffers. Muckraking reporter John Brady is writing an unauthorized biography of Andrew Carlson, the director of the CIA. As Brady comes nearer to the discovery of embarrassing truths, especially the existence of an extralegal clandestine operation within the CIA, his life suddenly becomes a dangerous shambles: his apartment is ransacked, computer files representing months of research on Carlson are erased, and Brady is arrested for espionage against the U.S. His sometime lover, movie queen Tracy Anderson, posts bail, and also arranges a secret meeting at Carlson's behest. Brady is offered exoneration from all charges if he will terminate work on the book. Events--including serious threats on Brady's life--careen so out of control that a decision is rendered moot. At stake are issues far greater and more immediate than the publication of one book. Though Hyman creates a chilling scenario the reader is thrust from one improbable situation to another, so that by novel's end the feeling is more one of exhaustion than surprise. BOMC selection.
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John Brady sees himself as an investigative reporter--but his subjects, including movie stars and high-level superspies, consider him perilously close to a peeping Tom. On the trail of a top spymaster, Brady is thrust into a series of chase-and-evasion adventures accompanied by his mysterious new friend Mara. Along the way he is jailed for treason, finds a weapons cache, learns (the hard way) how to fly a plane, and discovers an archive of secret documents that could bring down the U.S. government. An engaging hero, Brady is equally at home in the bedroom or on the run. If the writing lags behind the characters (flat and unimaginative exposition occasionally distracts from the story), the plot will sweep readers along. Optioned for a film, this is for popu lar collections. BOMC selection.
- Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Computer Support Svces., Ridgecrest, Cal.
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  • PublisherSignet
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0451172833
  • ISBN 13 9780451172839
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Number of pages432
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