
In Secret Service
A Novel
Mitch Silver(Author)
Pocket Star (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-4165-3795-3 (ISBN)
Description
Amy Greenberg, a young American academic, is summoned to Ireland to claim the contents of her grandfather's safe deposit box. Her inheritance is the manuscript of a memoir by James Bondauthor Ian Fleming, containing information and accusations so confidential, so potentially explosive, that Amy soon discovers people on both sides of the Atlantic are willing to kill to maintain its secrecy. The manuscript, detailing Fleming's own involvement in British espionage during WWII, includes never-before-revealed elements of the well-known story that the Duke of Windsor was in a treasonous plot with Hitler. Amy finds herself in a race against time as she absorbs the ramifications of Fleming's claims, which are documented by Army Intelligence orders, medical records, letters stolen from the British royal family, and even Christmas cards and a receipt from legendary Parisian jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels!
Reviews / Votes
"A monarchy in trouble, murderous treason, and a World War II betrayal that resonates into the present. The real thrill of In Secret Service is watching this contemporary and historical tale recounted through the fun house mirror. Enjoy the ride." -- Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Book of Fate "First-time novelist Silver spins an entertaining tale...and his high spirits are so contagious that readers will happily go along for the ride." -- Publishers Weekly "Compelling.... A story Ian Fleming himself would have enjoyed." -- Rocky Mountain News (Denver) "Silver impressively overlays speculative scenarios atop actual historical events.... The multi-layered conspiracies are well-imagined." -- The Washington Post "Gripping and dangerous as any James Bond adventure....A tantalizing page-turner." -- The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) "Mitch Silver links Fleming's real and fictional worlds to today's headlines." -- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA) "Silver mounts suspense ever so slowly but ever so surely that you find yourself breathlessly waiting for a startling denouement." -- Tampa Tribune "Harks back to the best of the Cold War thrillers....In Secret Service is at home in the past and present -- and compelling in both." -- Rocky Mountain News (Denver) "A great thriller, worthy of Ian Fleming himself -- and the story might ever be true." -Lee Child, bestseller author of TripwireMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 171 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4165-3795-3 (9781416537953)
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E-Book
05/2007
1st Edition
Touchstone;Atria Books
€1.97
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Person
Mitch Silver is an advertising agency creative director who lives in Rye, New York. IN SECRET SERVICE is his first novel.