Ah, Treachery!
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Minotaur · Ebook · March 8, 2004
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- Who it’s for
- Political intrigue meets military fallout in a story tangled with hush money and buried operations.
- Themes
- Military-intelligence cover-up, Stolen funds and hush money, Disgraced Army captain
- Genres
- Spy Fiction, Military Thrillers, Political Thrillers
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Ah, Treachery!, the last novel Thomas wrote before his death, tells the story of one Captain Edd "Twodees" Partain, drummed out of the Army and hounded by rumors of his involvement in a secret operation in El Salvador. Twodees gets hired on to help a fundraiser for the "Little Rock folks" recover funds that were stolen from an illicit stash used to smooth over problems and pay off hush money.
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Meanwhile, Partain is involved in a storefront operation called VOMIT (Victims of Military Intelligence Treachery) trying to defend former intelligence operatives such as Partain from those who are trying to cover up the past permanently.
Secrets Stay Live
Political intrigue meets military fallout in a story tangled with hush money and buried operations.
Come here for
- Intelligence-world secrets and uneasy political maneuvering
- A fundraiser with stolen money and plenty to conceal
Expect
- Military fallout entangled with attempts to cover up the past
- A darkly edged thriller about who gets protected
Where it sits
| Spy Fiction | 52% |
|---|---|
| Political Thrillers | 40% |
| Military Thrillers | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Military Thrillers
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Ross Thomas
- Publisher
- Minotaur
- Published
- March 8, 2004
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Military-intelligence cover-up · Stolen funds and hush money · Disgraced Army captain
- Reading lane
- Military Thrillers