The Shot
(Sprache: Englisch)
Darkly imaginative alternative history thriller from the global bestseller and author of the Bernie Gunther thrillers.
America, 1960. In Washington, DC, John F Kennedy has just been elected President. In Havana, Fidel Castro has been in office for a...
America, 1960. In Washington, DC, John F Kennedy has just been elected President. In Havana, Fidel Castro has been in office for a...
lieferbar
versandkostenfrei
Buch (Kartoniert)
Fr. 16.90
inkl. MwSt.
- Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnungskauf
- 30 Tage Widerrufsrecht
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „The Shot “
Klappentext zu „The Shot “
Darkly imaginative alternative history thriller from the global bestseller and author of the Bernie Gunther thrillers.America, 1960. In Washington, DC, John F Kennedy has just been elected President. In Havana, Fidel Castro has been in office for a year, and with Cold War tensions rapidly heating up and the Soviets leading the space race, the thought of a Communist leader so close to home is already raising American blood pressure.
Anti-communist fever is rampant in the USA, with a paranoid establishment seeing reds under every bed. Nevertheless, the decision to snuff out the threat of Castro by hiring Tom Jefferson, America's best assassin, to kill him comes from an unusual quarter: the Mafia.
But Jefferson's very skillset that makes him the perfect man for this job also ensures he has no qualms in double crossing his criminal paymasters. Jefferson has no issue with Castro: his preferred target is someone much closer to home...
'Mind boggling ... keeps you guessing until the end' Sunday Express
Autoren-Porträt von Philip Kerr
Philip Kerr has written over thirty books of which the best-known are the internationally renowned and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. The sixth book in the series, If the Dead Rise Not, won the CWA Historical Dagger. His other works include several standalone thrillers, non-fiction and an acclaimed series for younger readers, The Children of the Lamp. Philip died in March 2018, days before the publication of his 13th Bernie Gunther thriller, Greeks Bearing Gifts. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature shortly before his death.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philip Kerr
- 2020, 144 Seiten, Masse: 13 x 19,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Quercus
- ISBN-10: 1529404169
- ISBN-13: 9781529404166
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Kommentar zu "The Shot"
0 Gebrauchte Artikel zu „The Shot“
| Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
|---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "The Shot".
Kommentar verfassen