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getting old in mke

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5. _The Faithful Spy_ by Alex Berenson

Reply to DUgosh (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:34 AM

Mar 2012

Won the Edgar 2007 for best first novel.

CIA agent who's been embedded in al Qaeda for almost a decade--including over 9/11 of which he gave no warning--returns to the US to a not exactly fulsome reception. With a job to do.

So far, very smooth and entertaining.

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