{"product_id":"the-amateur-spy-paperback","title":"The Amateur Spy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Fesperman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe widely acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWinter Work\u003c\/i\u003e now recasts the spy novel for the post-9\/11 world--anyone might be watching, everyone is suspect. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exceptional.... Fesperman writes so well that it's easy to follow wherever he leads.... Chilling.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreeman 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Fesperman is a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and worked in its Berlin bureau during the years of civil war in the former Yugoslavia, as well as in Afghanistan during the recent conflict. His novel \u003cb\u003eLie in the Dark\u003c\/b\u003e won the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for best first crime novel and \u003cb\u003eThe Small Boat of Great Sorrows\u003c\/b\u003e won their Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for best thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265904984313,"sku":"9781400096152","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0DSBgKHdIo9781400096152.webp?v=1768847102","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-amateur-spy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}