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The Secret Lovers

by Charles McCarry

Intelligence servicePaul Christopher (Fictitious character)Fiction in EnglishFictionFiction, espionageChristopher, paul (fictitious character), fictionUnited states, fictionFiction, thrillers, espionage

Set in 1960 at the peak of the cold war, the story turns on the smuggling of a vital manuscript out of Moscow. At dawn in Berlin, covert action officer Paul Christopher rendezvouses with the agent carrying the manuscript to the West. Minutes later, the courier is killed by a hit-and-run driver. And the questions begin. Who killed the courier, but, most of all, why?

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Book data: Open Library