基本信息出版社：St. Martin's Press
页码：368 页
出版日期：2007年03月
ISBN：0312994478
条形码：9780312994471
版本：2007-03-01
装帧：简装
开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
外文书名：叛徒
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Book Description
The death of a French intelligence agent on an Air France flight to Amman, Jordan, is the trigger that launches CIA agent Tommy Carmellini's latest adventure by "New York Times" bestselling author Coonts. Martin's Press.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.4 width:(cm)10.5
作者简介 Stephen Coonts is the author of 14 New York Times bestsellers, the first of which was the classic flying tale, FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. Born in 1946, Stephen Paul Coonts grew up in Buckhannon, West Virginia, a coal-mining town of 6,000 population on the western slope of the Appalachian mountains. He majored in political science at West Virginia University, graduating in 1968 with an A.B. degree. Upon graduation he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and began flight training in Pensacola, Florida. He received his Navy wings in August, 1969. After completion of fleet replacement training in the A-6 Intruder aircraft, Mr. Coonts reported to Attack Squadron 196 at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. He made two combat cruises aboard USS Enterprise during the final years of the Vietnam War as a member of this squadron. After the war he served as a flight instructor on A-6 aircraft for two years, then did a tour as an assistant catapult and arresting gear officer aboard USS Nimitz. He left active duty in 1977 and moved to Colorado. After short stints as a taxi driver and police officer, he entered the University of Colorado School of Law in the fall of 1977.
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From Publishers Weekly
In bestseller Coonts''s assured new international thriller, Tommy Carmellini, the sardonic, laid-back CIA agent who became a star in 2004''s Liars & Thieves, gets a shot at the big time in his second featured outing when he''s asked to drop his routine work and help find out why the director of French intelligence is making large, secret investments in the Bank of Palestine. Tommy wonders if he''s the right man for the job; his own espionage experience in France is limited to being "assistant passport officer at the embassy." When his controller tells him that the new head of European Ops asked for Tommy by name, it turns out to be the unretired Jake Grafton (the longtime star of his own Coonts series), described by Carmellini as "the toughest son of a bitch wearing shoe leather." With support from Grafton; an enigmatic, seductive CIA agent, Sarah Houston; and a nifty little electronic weapon that Coonts says is really being tested, Tommy zeroes in on the high-level traitor who could do him—and the world—a lot of damage. (July)
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From AudioFile
Tommy Carmellini, former cat burglar, is tied to the straight and narrow by a simple commitment to the CIA: Serve or go to jail. Carmellini is assigned to Paris, where he works with his old boss. Their job is to find the connection between the director of the French intelligence service and his secret Al Qaeda agent. Dennis Boutsikaris packs his presentation with a dazzling variety of accents and characters of both genders. However, he is at his best as Carmellini. Boutsikaris provides a unique vocal identity with an expression and tempo that match Tommy''s wiseacre attitude. With just a little imagination, listeners get the feeling they are sharing a beer with Carmellini while he tells his fascinating story. It doesn''t get much better than this. T.J.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Review
“Coonts knows how to write and build suspense… a natural storyteller.”—The New York Times Book Review