The Cutout
Published on 22. July 2009
544 pages
978-0-307-56732-1 (ISBN)
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CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn.
They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April.
Now her dead husband has surfaced among those responsible for an explosion that rocks Berlin — and the brutal kidnapping of the U.S. Vice President. Uncertain of Eric's motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric's wife — the Cutout.
Is Eric a rogue agent gone bad? Or has he thrown himself under deep cover to terminate a ruthless psychopath? Caroline is drawn into a dizzying maze where one wrong turn will mean certain death ... and in which the Cutout will be the first to fall.
They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April.
Now her dead husband has surfaced among those responsible for an explosion that rocks Berlin — and the brutal kidnapping of the U.S. Vice President. Uncertain of Eric's motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric's wife — the Cutout.
Is Eric a rogue agent gone bad? Or has he thrown himself under deep cover to terminate a ruthless psychopath? Caroline is drawn into a dizzying maze where one wrong turn will mean certain death ... and in which the Cutout will be the first to fall.
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Francine Mathews spent four years as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, where she trained in operations and worked briefly on the investigation into the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103. A former journalist, she lives and writes in Colorado, where she is at work on her next suspense novel, The Secret Agent.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Part I - Tuesday, November 9
- Chapter One - Berlin, 12:03 P.M.
- Chapter Two - Arlington,7 A.M.
- Chapter Three - Langley, 8:23 A.M.
- Chapter Four - Langley, 8:40 A.M.
- Chapter Five - Langley, 9:30 A.M.
- Chapter Six - On the Czech-German Border, 3 P.M.
- Chapter Seven - Langley, 11 A.M.
- Chapter Eight - Langley, 11:53 A.M.
- Chapter Nine - Prague, 5:52 P.M.
- Chapter Ten - Washington, 2:31 P.M.
- Chapter Eleven - Prague, 8:15 P.M.
- Chapter Twelve - Washington, 3:30 P.M.
- Chapter Thirteen - Dulles International Airport, 10:15 P.M.
- Part II - Wednesday, November 10
- Chapter One - Pristina, 3:45 A.M.
- Chapter Two - Georgetown, 4:13 A.M.
- Chapter Three - The Night Sky, 3:47 A.M.
- Chapter Four - Berlin, 8:30 A.M.
- Chapter Five - Bratislava, 10:15 A.M.
- Chapter Six - Berlin, 12:06 P.M.
- Chapter Seven - Berlin, 1 P.M.
- Chapter Eight - Pristina, 2:13 P.M.
- Chapter Nine - Bratislava, 3 P.M.
- Chapter Ten - Berlin, 5:07 P.M.
- Chapter Eleven - Bratislava, 6:37 P.M.
- Chapter Twelve - Bratislava, 6:45 P.M.
- Chapter Thirteen - Berlin, 9:17 P.M.
- Part III - Thursday, November 11
- Chapter One - Budapest, 3:14 A.M.
- Chapter Two - Berlin, 7:30 A.M.
- Chapter Three - Budapest, 9 A.M.
- Chapter Four - Berlin, 9:27 A.M.
- Chapter Five - Berlin, 10:15 A.M.
- Chapter Six - Budapest, 10:30 A.M.
- Chapter Seven - Berlin, 1:19 P.M.
- Chapter Eight - Berlin, 2:45 P.M.
- Chapter Nine - Budapest, 3:15 P.M.
- Chapter Ten - Pristina, 4:30 P.M.
- Chapter Eleven - Berlin, 7:15 P.M.
- Chapter Twelve - The Night Sky, 8:12 P.M.
- Chapter Thirteen - Budapest, 9:30 P.M.
- Chapter Fourteen - Budapest, 10:53 P.M.
- Chapter Fifteen - Budapest, 11:40 P.M.
- Part IV - Friday, November 12
- Chapter One - Berlin, 2 A.M.
- Chapter Two - Budapest, 1:23 A.M.
- Chapter Three - Budapest, 2:15 A.M.
- Chapter Four - Budapest, 7:30 A.M.
- Chapter Five - The Danube Bend, 10:03 A.M.
- Chapter Six - Budapest, 10 A.M.
- Chapter Seven - Budapest, 1:03 P.M.
- Chapter Eight - Budapest, 3:13 P.M.
- Chapter Nine - Budapest, 6 P.M.
- Chapter Ten - Ziv Zakopan, 9:30 P.M.
- Chapter Eleven - Langley, 2:46 P.M.
- Chapter Twelve - Sarajevo, 11:43 P.M.
- Part V - Saturday, November 13
- Chapter One - Sarajevo, 12:33 A.M.
- Chapter Two - Ziv Zakopan, 1:23 A.M.
- Chapter Three - Ziv Zakopan, 2:52 A.M.
- Chapter Four - The White House, 12:34 A.M.
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Other Books By This Author
- About the Author
