"The Proxy Assassin": "Book Three of the American Spy Trilogy"
John Knoerle
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Description
October, 1948. Former OSS agent Hal Schroeder is back polishing his bar stool at The Harbor Inn in Cleveland when he gets a surprise invitation from Frank Wisner, who heads the CIA's new covert ops division. Hal is whisked off to Wisner's Maryland shore retreat and introduced to a brace of Romanian royals, including the scarily beautiful Princess Stela Varadja, a direct descendant of Vlad Tepes Draculea. Then Wisner pops the question. Would Hal consider parachuting into a remote mountain camp to meet with the leader of a group of Romanian anti-Communist guerrillas? Hal has already survived two previous suicide missions and a third does not appeal. 'But I told Frank Wisner I would need a few days to think it over. I had some D.C. sightseeing to do.' As it turns out Hal Schroeder gets to do a lot more sightseeing than he bargained for. A journey that brings the American Spy Trilogy to a surprising conclusion.
Product Details
Price
$15.00
Publisher
Blue Steel Press
Publish Date
July 12, 2012
Pages
282
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.7 X 8.4 inches | 0.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780982090398
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About the Author
John Knoerle was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1949 and migrated to California with his family in the 1960s. He has worked as a stand-up comic, a voiceover actor and a radio reporter. He wrote the screenplay for "Quiet Fire," which starred Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, and the stage play "The He-Man Woman Hater's Club," an LA Time's Critics Choice. He also worked as a writer for Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." Knoerle's first novel "Crystal Meth Cowboys" was optioned by Fox TV. His second novel, "The Violin Player," won the Mayhaven Award for Fiction. Knoerle has just completed "The Proxy Assassin," Book Three of "The American Spy Trilogy." John Knoerle currently lives in Chicago with his wife, Judie.
Reviews
"John Knoerle has mastered the art of less is more. In 'The Proxy Assassin' he strings compelling words into kinetic sentences that have the reader flipping pages late into the night."
---Phil Brody, author of 'The Holden Age of Hollywood'.
"For readers of Olen Steinhauer's TOURIST series, Daniel Silva & Alan Furst, add a terrific new author to your library of cerebral espionage thrillers. JOHN KNOERLE and 'The Proxy Assassin' go right to the top of the list."
--Stan Corwin, author of'Oxymorons I Have Known'.
"John Knoerle is such a smart writer. The humor, heart and intrigue in 'A Despicable Profession' is great."
--Sarah Branham, Editor, Simon & Schuster.
---Phil Brody, author of 'The Holden Age of Hollywood'.
"For readers of Olen Steinhauer's TOURIST series, Daniel Silva & Alan Furst, add a terrific new author to your library of cerebral espionage thrillers. JOHN KNOERLE and 'The Proxy Assassin' go right to the top of the list."
--Stan Corwin, author of'Oxymorons I Have Known'.
"John Knoerle is such a smart writer. The humor, heart and intrigue in 'A Despicable Profession' is great."
--Sarah Branham, Editor, Simon & Schuster.
