- Buck Yuen is a bored and unsuccessful exercise equipment salesman who grew up believing he was an orphan and that his life wouldn't amount to anything unusual. All that changes one day when finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery. He kicks into action and successfully foils the attempted caper. To his astonishment, Buck becomes an instant hero and learns that he's not an orphan after
Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half-dead zombie. The good thing is he doesnât feel any pain. The bad thing is his body canât heal, so he has to be really careful not to break anything. But thatâs hard to do when his wrestling-obsessed gym teac! her, Mr. Lomux, matches him up with Rodney the bully, whoâs looking for any excuse to break his bones. Then one day, Nathan is approached by the secret organization B.U.M.â"aka the Bureau of Useful Misadventuresâ"which offers him a cure in exchange for his help. Nathan jumps at the chance to become the worldâs first zombie spy, but soon discovers that B.U.M. isnât quite what it seems. Can Nathan trust them?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jacqueline George lives in the far north of Queensland, Australia, on the shores of the Coral Sea. She writes about the things she loves - travel, landscapes, good food. And of course romantic, erotic sex, which also has to be exotic, romantic! , overwhelming and â" above all â" believable.NOT EVERYTHING! IS BEAU TIFUL in Tabriz, as Greg Armstrong starts to discover. After witnessing a covert military operation, the dark underworld of international terrorism begins to engulf him. Only the strange expatriate community of Sabah stands between him and the Security Police.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jacqueline George lives in the far north of Queensland, Australia, on the shores of the Coral Sea. She writes about the things she loves - travel, landscapes, good food. And of course romantic, erotic sex, which also has to be exotic, romantic, overwhelming and â" above all â" believable.Itâs 1967 and 27-year-old Pan Am stewardess Susan Delaneyâs highest aspirations are working first class on transatlantic flights⦠and meeting Mr. Right. That is, until one July afternoon when Susan agrees to deliver an errant suitcase from New York to Miami Beach. She arrives just in time to find that its owner has jumped â" or been thrown â" off a hotel balcony.
The suitcase Susan is carryin! g contains detailed plans for a computer on a chip, an invention of enormous military importance but one thought to be years away from reality. But whose plans are they? No one seems to know, but among the people who want those plans are the KGB, the CIA, an anti-Casto Cuban exile group, and the Mafia.
Susan is recruited by Joe Klein, a handsome Israeli agent, who convinces her of the need to find the plansâ rightful owner. They embark on a round-the-country odyssey aided by Sadie, a grandmotherly El Al air marshal whose knitting bag packs a lethal arsenal.
Through all this, you know an important fact: that before the story's events are completed, someone will be dead. You know this because, in 2011, Susan is being questioned by the police about a body buried in her back yard - a body that had been there since the mid-1960s. What you don't know is whose body it is, but it's a question you'll keep asking yourself as the story unfolds.
The Accidental Spy mov! es across a fascinating mid-20th-century landscape that will b! e famili ar to viewers of Mad Men. Susan tells her story with an infectious sense of humor that will keep you reading â" and laughing â" well into the evening.
Itâs 1967 and 27-year-old Pan Am stewardess Susan Delaneyâs highest aspirations are working first class on transatlantic flights⦠and meeting Mr. Right. That is, until one July afternoon when Susan agrees to deliver an errant suitcase from New York to Miami Beach. She arrives just in time to find that its owner has jumped â" or been thrown â" off a hotel balcony.
The suitcase Susan is carrying contains detailed plans for a computer on a chip, an invention of enormous military importance but one thought to be years away from reality. But whose plans are they? No one seems to know, but among the people who want those plans are the KGB, the CIA, an anti-Casto Cuban exile group, and the Mafia.
Susan is recruited by Joe Klein, a handsome Israeli agent, who convinces her of the need to find the plansâ rightfu! l owner. They embark on a round-the-country odyssey aided by Sadie, a grandmotherly El Al air marshal whose knitting bag packs a lethal arsenal.
Through all this, you know an important fact: that before the story's events are completed, someone will be dead. You know this because, in 2011, Susan is being questioned by the police about a body buried in her back yard - a body that had been there since the mid-1960s. What you don't know is whose body it is, but it's a question you'll keep asking yourself as the story unfolds.
The Accidental Spy moves across a fascinating mid-20th-century landscape that will be familiar to viewers of Mad Men. Susan tells her story with an infectious sense of humor that will keep you reading â" and laughing â" well into the evening.
Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half-dead zombie. The good thing is he doesnât feel any pain. The bad thing is his body canât heal, so he has to be really careful no! t to break anything. But thatâs hard to do when his wrestlin! g-obsess ed gym teacher, Mr. Lomux, matches him up with Rodney the bully, whoâs looking for any excuse to break his bones. Then one day, Nathan is approached by the secret organization B.U.M.â"aka the Bureau of Useful Misadventuresâ"which offers him a cure in exchange for his help. Nathan jumps at the chance to become the worldâs first zombie spy, but soon discovers that B.U.M. isnât quite what it seems. Can Nathan trust them?
Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half-dead zombie. The good thing is he doesnât feel any pain. The bad thing is his body canât heal, so he has to be really careful not to break anything. But thatâs hard to do when his wrestling-obsessed gym teacher, Mr. Lomux, matches him up with Rodney the bully, whoâs looking for any excuse to break his bones. Then one day, Nathan is approached by the secret organization B.U.M.â"aka the Bureau of Useful Misadventuresâ"which offers him a cure in exchange for his help! . Nathan jumps at the chance to become the worldâs first zombie spy, but soon discovers that B.U.M. isnât quite what it seems. Can Nathan trust them?
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