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Zusatztext PRAISE FOR Keith Thomson and TWICE A SPY : "Fast-paced . . . vivid . . . first-rate action." -- The Washington Post “Utterly original. . . Think Carl Hiaasen taking on John Le Carre.”—Christopher Reich "An ingenious plot supported by 'insider tradecraft material.'" --Porter J. Goss! former director of the CIA "It takes a huge talent to blow dust from the corners of today's comfortable thriller genre. Keith Thomson has that talent! in spades."--Lincoln Child “A breakneck thriller.” — The Plain Dealer “Razor-sharp writing! laugh-out-loud humor . . . a real treat for thriller fans tired of more of the same old same old.” — Publishers Weekly “Thomson again hits a sweet spot in this highly original thriller! balancing gripping action sequences with humor. . . . Buoyant! fast and fun.” — Kirkus “It really! really IS like Ludlum.” — Daily Record “Thomson is now on my shortlist of authors I will drop whatever I'm doing to read.” —Jon Jordan! Crimespree Magazine “James Bond! take a number.” — The Birmingham News “Couple the cheddar-sharp wit of Carl Hiaasen with the action-packed styling of Robert Ludlum and you get Keith Thomson's Twice a Spy.” — Fredericksburg News “Fast! furious and entertaining.” — The Sudbury Star “A fast-moving plot with lots of twists and lots of chases—car! ambulance! and even amphibious vehicle.” — Mystery Scene Magazine “Explosive.” — The Examiner Informationen zum Autor KEITH THOMSON is a former semipro baseball player in France, an editorial cartoonist for Newsday , a filmmaker with a short film shown at Sundance, and a screenwriter who currently lives in Alabama. He writes on intelligence and other matters for the Huffington Post . Klappentext On the heels of "Once a Spy!" which "PW" hailed as a "wildly original debut (with) an action-packed story line!" Keith Thomson returns with a breakneck thriller that's twice as explosive as the original. In the tradition of Robert Ludlum! with a witty twist! Thomson's second novel featuring a former spy and his son once again poses the question: What happens when a former CIA agent can no longer trust his own mind? Charlie and Drummond Clark are now in Switzerland! hiding out from criminal charges in America and using the time to experiment with treatments to retrieve Drummond's memory. When NSA operative Alice Rutherford! with whom Charlie has fallen in love! is kidnapped! the Clarks must dodge a formidable CIA case officer and his team to get her back. "From the Hardcover edition." 1 "Do you see a ghost?" Alice asked. "You'd know if I did because I'd mention it." Charlie fixated on someone or something behind her, rather than meet her eyes as he usually did. "Or faint." "Ghost is trade lingo for someone you take for a surveillant, but, really, he's just an ordinary Joe. When you have to look over your shoulder as much as we have the past couple of weeks, it's only natural that everybody starts seeming suspicious. You imagine you've seen one of them before. It's hard to find anybody who doesn't look like he works for Interpol." "Interpol would be an upgrade." Charlie laughed a stream of vapor into the thin Alpine air. "After the past couple of weeks, it's hard to find anybody who doesn't look like a veteran hit man." Charlie Clark owned no Hawaiian shirts. He didn't chomp on a cigar. In no way did he match anyone's conception of a horseplayer: He was a youthful thirty with a pleasant demeanor and strong features in spite of Alice's efforts to alter them--a brown wig hid his sandy blond hair, fake sideburns and a silicone nose bridge blunted the sharp contours of his face, and oversized sunglasses veiled his intelligent blue eyes. But--tragically, Alice thought--until be...
