The Amateur Spy
, by FESPERMAN, DANNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781400096152 | 1400096154
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/10/2009
The Amateur Spyrecasts the spy novel for the post-9/11 worldanyone might be watching, everyone is suspect. Freeman Lockhart, a humanitarian aid worker and his Bosnian wife have just retired to a charming house on a Greek island. On their first night, violent intruders blackmail Freeman into spying on an old Palestinian friend living in Jordan. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., a Palestinian-American named Aliyah Rahim is worried about her husband, who blames their daughter's death on the U.S. anti-terror policies. Aliyah learns that he is plotting a cataclysmic act of revenge; in a desperate effort to stop him, she flies to Jordan to meet her husband's co-conspirators. There she encounters Freeman neck-deep in his own investigation. As their paths intertwine, the story rises to its fast-paced, explosive climax. From the Trade Paperback edition.