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The Amateur
The Amateur
Author: Robert Littell
ISBN-13: 9781585674695
ISBN-10: 1585674699
Publication Date: 10/2003
Pages: 252
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1
"Ace cryptographer Charlie Heller was a quiet man. A company man. But when terrorists shot his fiancee in cold blood, his life took an abrupt turn. He was not a blackmailer, but he would force the CIA's hand. He was not an assassin, but he would penetrate the Iron Curtain and enter Czechoslavakia with intent to kill. Driven by an obsessive need for revenge, targeted for elimination by the CIA itself, his chancew of success were one in a million. In a world of professional killers, he was ... (dun-dun-dun) The Amateur."
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Helpful Score: 1
Charlie Heller works for the CIA as one their best cryptographers. During a terrorists situation, his fiance is killed. Charlie now must find out who killed her and avenger her! Great short spy thriller! Quick read. There was never a slow part of the book. One of the best revenge tales I've read. Now I want to read more of Littell's work!
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interesting international thriller