by Charles Mccarry (Author)
'Thank God McCarry has written another book. I've been waiting years to find what happened to that old boy Paul Christopher' Elmore Leonard Paul Christopher, a crack ex-intelligence agent, has disappeared. Months later his ashes are delivered by a Chinese official to the American consulate in Beijing. But his cousin Horace, also an ex-agent, is not convinced Christopher is dead and decides to enlist the help of four other retired colleagues. Beginning with a photograph of a woman's hand holding a centuries-old scroll, once in the possession of the Nazis and now sought by the American government, the old boys' search takes them around the globe in their hunt for the truth.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 May 2005
ISBN 10: 0753820080
ISBN 13: 9780753820087
Book Overview: SHORTLISTED FOR THE W H SMITH AWARD New commercial look for the paperback 'The year's most enjoyable thriller' SUNDAY TIMES 'I can't recall a book which delivers such riches - including a perfect ending - with such consummate cool. This is a novel which makes you want to climb inside it and pull the pages over your head. Absolute bliss!' LITERARY REVIEW 'McCarry's thrillers really thrill, his political insight is praised by senior politicians and his erudition, experience and good writing turn spy stories into literature' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'His reputation in the field is second to none...a welcome return by a master' SUNDAY EXPRESS