- Hardcover: 214 pages
- Publisher: Random House (May 18 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679422161
- ISBN-13: 978-0679422167
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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From Publishers Weekly
The co-anchor of The MacNeil/Leh rer NewsHour is a Washington observer who knows the world he portrays in this brisk, breezy spy story, the kind Company men might tell each other around a fireplace on a cold winter night. Charlie Henderson, owner of a bed-and-breakfast in West Virginia, and Bruce Conn Clark, former Secretary of State, have three things in common: both are former CIA agents; both were awarded Blue Hearts, the Company's version of the Purple Heart; and both worked on a special assignment just after the Kennedy assassination, under orders from Lyndon Johnson to find out whether the Soviets were behind the president's death. Now, 30 years later, a chance meeting and conversation threaten to expose the results of their research and reveal a still-hidden secret. From the opening attempt on Henderson's life to a climax that deftly foils the reader's expectations, the pace never lags. Switching gears from his funny "One-Eyed Mack" novels, Lehrer has managed to come up with that rarity in spy fiction: an original and extremely plausible theory about the Kennedy assassination. More to the point for thriller fans, he has written a sharp, subtle novel about mistrust and betrayal that builds genuine excitement without the use of gratuitous violence.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The co-anchor of the acclaimed MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour offers a tale of spellbinding suspense about a retired CIA agent who reluctantly finds himself drawn into the sinister world of Washington insiders. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Jim Lehrer novels are consistently spellbinding. This one is no exception. These are novels and by definition are fictional. However the characters, the settings, and the plots capture the imagination and allow the reader to develop an identification with each. To paraphrase an old potato chip advertisement, "Jim Lehrer books, bet you can't read one."
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