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1.
Gerald
Browne
-
Hot
Siberian
(small
paperback)
The
premise
of
this
entertaining
suspense
novel
from
the
author
of
Stone
588
is
that
South
Africa
has
lost
control
of
the
production
side
of
the
diamond
industry
while
retaining
its
grip
on
marketing
the
precious
gems.
Meanwhile,
a
tremendous
diamond
lode
has
been
discovered
in
Siberia,
and
the
Soviet
Ministry
of
Foreign
Trade
has
formed
a
secret
production-marketing
venture
with
their
South
African
counterparts.
But
someone
in
the
Soviet
Union
is
stealing
the
diamonds
and
selling
them
on
the
world
market,
jeopardizing
the
international
cartel
known
as
the
System,
and
portending
a
worldwide
crash.
Enter
Soviet
export-trade
specialist
Nicolai
Borodin
and
his
wildly
improvident
English
girlfriend
Vivian.
Discovering
the
ingenious
scheme
by
which
the
diamonds
are
being
diverted,
Nicolai
steals
a
shipment
from
the
thieves,
but
they
catch
on
to
him
and
begin
a
pursuit
that
sends
Nicolai
and
Vivian
ricocheting
around
Europe.
Tautly
written
and
absorbing,
the
thriller
bears
comparison
with
Gorky
Park
,
which
it
closely
resembles
in
mood
and
topical
matter.
And
it's
a
noteworthy
contribution
to
the
subgenre
of
thrillers
in
which
the
heroes
are
Russians
and
some
of
the
bad
guys
Westerners.
2.
Ginna
Gray
-
fatal
Flaw(small
paperback)
A
serial
killer
is
targeting
the
women
of
Miers,
Colorado,
and
so
far
the
police
have
nothing
to
go
on.
Detective
Casey
O'Toole
is
assigned
to
jump-start
the
investigation,
and
she
discovers
two
unsettling
facts:
the
victims
were
all
patients
of
a
prominent
plastic
surgeon,
and
each
of
them
bears
an
uncanny
resemblance
to
herself.
Ruled
out
as
a
suspect,
Dr.
Mark
Adams
offers
to
assist
Casey
in
any
way
he
can
and,
despite
her
resistance,
their
relationship
quickly
turns
personal.
The
pressure
on
Casey
to
find
the
killer
mounts
steadily
as
terror
grips
the
small
mountain
community.
Then
a
stunning
twist
leads
Casey
to
the
deadly
truth
--
and
to
the
face
of
a
killer
nearly
as
familiar
as
her
own.
3.
James
Huston
-
fallout(small
paperback)
The
fourth
high-action
military
thriller
from
author
James
W.
Huston,
Fallout
is
filled
with
a
muscular
narrative
voice
that
tells
the
high-tech
story
of
a
man
trapped
between
following
his
government's
orders
and
his
own
principles.
TOPGUN
instructor
Luke
Henry
quits
the
Navy
after
being
unjustly
accused
of
causing
a
mid-air
collision
and
starts
his
own
private
aerial
combat
training
school.
Alongside
several
other
ex-TOPGUN
fliers,
Luke
takes
on
a
government
contract
to
train
Pakistani
Air
Force
pilots
for
the
Department
of
Defense.
Luke
is
immediately
resistant
to
teaching
foreign
pilots
to
use
sophisticated
American
planes,
but
he
grows
even
more
suspicious
when
he
begins
to
suspect
that
something
even
more
mysterious
--
and
deadly
--
is
occurring
around
him.
4.
Stephen
Hunter
-
the
Day
before
midnight(small
paperback)
Paramilitary
terrorists
who
have
taken
over
a
top-secret
nuclear
complex
kidnap
Maryland
welder
Jack
Hummel
and
force
him
to
cut
through
a
half-ton
titanium
block
that
conceals
the
launch
button
5.
Craig
Thomas
-
Snow
Falcon(small
paperback)
Kenneth
Aubrey
and
British
intelligence
are
preoccupied
with
three
vital
questions
-
where
is
Finland
Station,
what
is
Group
1917
and
who
is
Kutuzov?
To
discover
the
truth,
agents
are
dispatched
to
Lapland
to
find
the
answers.
6.
Helen
Macinnes
-
The
Unconquerable(small
paperback)
It
began
very
innocently.
A
holiday
visit
to
Poland.
But
before
enojoying
the
sights
and
sounds
of
this
fascinating
new
place,
happiness
took
a
violent
turn
and
became
a
nightmare
of
terror...when
suddenly
you're
mistaken
for
a
Nazi
spy,
and
to
save
your
life,
you
have
to
prove
you
are
innocent.
7.
Peter
Wright
-
Spycatcher(small
paperback)
From
the
end
of
WWII
until
1965
when
Roger
Hollis
left
as
head
of
MI-5,
British
counterintelligence
was
almost
completely
compromised.
The
Soviets
outmaneuvered
them
continuously
with
a
flood
of
diplomatic
and
illegal
agents.
This
was
a
constant
source
of
embarrassment
as
people
like
Kim
Philby,
Burgess
and
McLean
defected
to
the
USSR.
The
agents
defecting
in
the
opposite
direction
were
frequently
clever
disinformants
sent
as
ploys
creating
a
"wilderness
of
mirrors."
As
former
assistant
director
of
MI5
the
author
was
directly
responsible
for
investigating
the
infiltration
and
gives
a
blow
by
blow
account
of
how
morale
suffered
as
one
by
one
potential
moles
were
grilled
and
either
cleared
or
ousted.
Many
interesting
and
authoritative
asides
keep
interest
high
throughout
the
work.
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