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Once A Spy Author: Keith Thomson Published: March 9, 2010 by Doubleday Category: thriller Main Character: Drummond Clark, Charlie Clark Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions. Now Alzheimer’s disease has taken its toll and he’s a confused old man who has wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him. When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn house, they find it blown sky high—and then the bullets start flying in every direction. At first, Charlie thinks his Russian “creditors” are employing aggressive collection tactics. But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect there’s more to his father than meets the eye. Charlie soon discovers that Drummond’s unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear weapons. Drummond’s intricate knowledge of the “device” is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimer’s-addled brain. The CIA wants to “contain” him—and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives “father and son quality time” an entirely new meaning. It takes a huge talent to blow dust from the corners of today’s comfortable thriller genre. Keith Thomson has that talent, in spades.” —Lincoln Child |
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