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Winner of the cwa ian fleming steel dagger 2012 for best thriller of the year. A washington post notable fiction book for 2011the most closelyguarded secret of the cold war is about to be exposed the identity of a sixth member of the. I enjoyed reading this book, and charles cummings work will surely be on the top of my list whenever im looking for an entertaining spyfiction. A novel alec milius book 1 charles cumming a spy by nature. It may be best to begin a discussion of charles cummings brilliant the trinity six with a look at the alltooreal spy. His last book was smart moves a standalone and his next is rocco and the price of lies april 2019, the 6th in the insp lucas rocco series set in.
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