REVIEWS: "Breathtaking, compelling, intensely personal throughout -
and terrifyingly true - The Cut-Out is probably the most important
spy novel I've ever read." Richard Collins, Onside Review. "This
really is a remarkable story, brilliantly told. For the first time
I can now understand exactly how and why Princess Diana could have
been murdered." G.E. Harrison, Amazon UK. "A must read ... this
book will make its mark on history." David Damano, Amazon US.
_____________________________________ LOGLINE: When the American
called me up and said he wanted to talk, I never imagined he would
tell me what he did: that someone of global renown, "within days
from now," would be assassinated. Why tell me? A low-key conspiracy
journalist? I didn't know. And quite frankly, I didn't believe him,
either-until the assassination happened... SYNOPSIS: Britain in the
nineties was obsessed with the X-Files. The high street was awash
with X-Files type magazines, and as senior editor of the biggest
selling one on the market, I was accustomed to receiving phone
calls from anonymous sources promising inside information. So when
the American called me up and said he wanted to talk, I took it in
my stride. Why wouldn't I? He was a former Special Forces Green
Beret, he said. A CIA runner. He also said that the information he
had was best not divulged over the telephone. So we arranged to
meet. Nothing unusual in that. What was unusual, though, was what
the American told me, not at our first meeting, but at a subsequent
one some months later. On this occasion he said he'd been made
aware of an imminent prime-target assassination, that "one of the
most prominent figures on the world stage" was about to be taken
out, "within days from now." He added: "The media will tell you it
was an accident. You'll know it wasn't." I came away not knowing if
I'd been fed a line or let in on the world's most terrible secret.
And I had no way of finding out, either, other than to wait, and
watch the news. I didn't have to wait long. Because a week later
the "accident" the American had alluded to was all over the news:
the assassination he'd told me about had happened. Or so I
believed. Of course, at this stage I had no idea I was being set up
as a 'cut-out' by a ruthless and shadowy department within MI6. All
I knew was that I'd been told something I wished I'd never been
told. And that, because I had, the biggest, most terrifying ordeal
of my life was about to unfold...
_____________________________________ Set mainly in London and
Paris, The Cut-Out is an autobiographical spy novel of immense
personal ordeal and chilling consequence. It is based on a true
story.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2014 |
| First published: |
May 2014 |
| Authors: |
Jon King
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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| Pages: |
330 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4993-9897-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4993-9897-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781499398977 |
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