Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Peter Avakian is in Africa. Having accepted a contract to protect an abrasive South African oil executive in Nigeria, he foils a kidnapping plot and neatly extracts the man from the country. Summoned to a meeting in Cape Town that he imagines is a thank-you
Washington Spies: A Historical Espionage Thriller
β Scribed by SJ Slagle
- Book ID
- 110615833
- Publisher
- Rough Edges Press
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Series
- Phyllis Bowden Book 3
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781685490539
- ASIN
- B09QW2L93P
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β¦ Synopsis
AN INTERNATIONAL SPY THRILLER BROODING WITH SUSPENSEβHISTORICAL FICTION SET IN THE MIDST OF THE COLD WAR.
1947, Washington, D.C.
Phyllis Bowden is finally working for the Central Intelligence Agencyβa goal sheβs aspired towards her entire life. But working as a secretary, Phyllis dreams of field assignments similar to the one she had on her last placement in Oslo.
Her wish is answered when the Cold War sets in, and a major Soviet spy starts stealing atomic secrets. Sent on her first espionage assignment for the CIA to the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee, Phyllis is tasked with locating and picking up a contact capable of bringing down the infamous Soviet spy.
Sources try to influence herβsome for her success, others for her failure. With overt actions, it wonβt take much to turn a cold war into a real one.
Will Phyllis Bowden make the right choice when faced with a decision that could erupt into a political explosion?
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