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Our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, Mary Ashley has been marked for death by the world's most proficient assassin. Only two people can offer her help. And one of them wants to kill her. "An entertaining, engaging mix of international intrigue, murder and sex."--Washington Post... read more
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Summary edit
Simply Sidney !!!!!!! good story with suspense.
Characters/People edit
- Mary Ashley: quite unreal character. Her earlier life - completely different from what she does as ambassador.. The climax is little unusual for a sydney book.
- Mike Slade: Add a description of this character.
- Stanton Rogers
- Beth
- Tim
- Edward Ashley
- Harry Lantz
- Barbara
- Mckinney
- Ben Cohn
- Mann Groza
- Ionescu
- Lev Pasternak
- Paul Ellison
- Eddie Maltz
- Pete Connors
- James Stick
- Jerry Davis
- Neusa
- Olaf Peterson
- Dr. Louis Desforges
- Akiko
- Dorothy Stone
- Harriet Kruger
- Douglas Schiffer
- Alexandru
- Hannah Murphy
- David Victor
- Ned Tillingast
- Alfred Shuttleworth
- Lucinda
- Carmen
Quotes edit
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“Let us never forget that allmankind sharesa common origin, common problems, and a common ultimatefate. Let usremember that the problems we share are greater than theproblems thatdivide us, and that what divides us is of our own making.”
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“"I don't give a damn whether I live or die," he told Leyat their firstmeeting. "We're all going to die. It's the when that I'mconcernedabout.”
Mann Groza -
“I believe thatevery man mustrisk something so that in the end he does not have to riskeverything.”
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if I couldn’t sit in that chair, there was no one else in the world I would want to sit there but you.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Romania
- Washington
- Bucharest
- United States
- Kansas City
- Junction City
- Buenos Aires
- White House
- Paris
- Rome
- Europe
- France
- Russia
- Neuilly
- Florian
- Israel
- D.c.
- Atlanta
- Argentina
- China
- Florence
- London
- New York
- Czechoslovakia
- Bisera
- Bulgaria
- Fort Riley
- Frankfurt
- Albania
- America
First Sentence edit
Stanton Rogers was destined to be President of the United States.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1987. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sidney Sheldon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0688065708
Page Count: 384
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0688065708
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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