{"product_id":"beirut-station-two-lives-of-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover","title":"Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy: A Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Vidich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, \u003ci\u003eBeirut Station\u003c\/i\u003e follows a young female CIA officer whose mission to assassinate a high-level, Hezbollah terrorist reveals a dark truth that puts her life at risk.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLebanon, 2006. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Israel-Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart: bombs are raining down, residents are scrambling to evacuate, and the country is on the brink of chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the midst of this turmoil, the CIA and Mossad are targeting a reclusive Hezbollah terrorist, Najib Qassem. Najib is believed to be planning the assassination of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is coming to Beirut in ten days to broker a cease-fire. The spy agencies are running out of time to eliminate the threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They turn to a young Lebanese-American CIA agent. Analise comes up with the perfect plan: she has befriended Qassem's grandson as his English tutor, and will use this friendship to locate the terrorist and take him out. As the plan is put into action, though, Analise begins to suspect that Mossad has a motive of its own: exploiting the war's chaos to eliminate a generation of Lebanese political leaders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She alerts the agency but their response is for her to drop it. Analise is now the target and there is no one she can trust: not the CIA, not Mossad, and not the Lebanese government. And the one person she might have to trust--a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e--might not be who he says he is... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A tightly-wound international thriller, \u003ci\u003eBeirut Station\u003c\/i\u003e is Paul Vidich's best novel to date.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Vidich is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Matchmaker, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mercenary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Coldest Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Honorable Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFugue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWordriot\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388714926258,"sku":"9781639365111","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3fcc805e1a30b4927e77f00219814868.webp?v=1777924870","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/beirut-station-two-lives-of-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}