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Mission to Paris : a novel / by Furst, Alan.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Americans; Motion picture producers and directors; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Random House,
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Dark Alliance : A Novel. by Furst, Alan.;
'Dark Alliance' is a thrilling novel of a French resistance hero working to ensure the success of an unprecedented operation: D-Day. From the author of 'Under Occupation' and 'A Hero of France'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction);
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Midnight in Europe : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;
Failing to secure American support for the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War in 1938, a minor Spanish noble travels to Paris, where he promotes the Republic cause before undertaking a mission to infiltrate the Spanish government.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.;
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Under occupation : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;
"After the Nazi victory over Poland in 1939, thousands of Poles were sent to Germany as slave laborers. From inside enemy territory, they found ways to get valuable information to resistance fighters in France. Paul Ricard, a French writer of detective novels, is drawn in to working in the resistance, as a spy against the Reich, and is charged with getting the information from the Polish prisoners to the Allied forces. Alongside him in the fight against Germany are an émigré girl and a mysterious Turkish woman who is in the contract espionage business."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945;
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A hero of France : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;
"Alan Furst goes to war: Occupied Paris for the first time since Red Gold (1999 pub), Furst has set this novel during the war itself, instead of on the eve of the war. Members of the French Resistance network young and old, aristocrats and schoolteachers, defiant heroes and ordinary people all engaged in clandestine actions in the cause of freedom. From the secret hotels and Nazi-infested nightclubs of Paris to the villages of Rouen and Orleans. An action-packed story of romance, intrigue, spies, bravery, and air battles"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); World War, 1939-1945;
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Night in Tehran / by Kaplan, Philip,author.;
"Based on historic events, and frightenlingly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut, Year of Living Dangerously-style thriller set in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller -- based on real events -- places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and engaging French journalist he suspects is a spy, David Weiseman's mission is to ease the Shah of Iran out of power and find the best alternative between the military, religious extremists, and the political ruling class -- many of whom are simultaneously trying to kill him"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Diplomats;
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Deceptions / by Porter, Anna,author.;
"Former Budapest cop Attila Feher would really like to see art expert Helena Marsh again, so he arranges a contract for her to determine whether a painting is a copy of a famous Artemisia Gentileschi canvas or the real thing. A simple appraisal becomes a dangerous assignment when usual eastern European gangsters show up and people start dying and the seething corruption that underlies the lost promise of post-Soviet Hungary swirls to the surface. In a race to get to the truth and to outwit her adversaries, Helena and Attila must solve the mystery of the painting's origins. Richly atmospheric, set in Strasbourg, Budapest, and Paris, this witty, sophisticated novel will satisfy readers of political thrillers by Alan Furst and Philip Kerr. Deceptions is a thinking-person's thriller, a romp to the last satisfying page."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Art dealers; Ex-police officers; Corruption;
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