Synopsis Spy Tara Chace gives a butt-kicking twist to the phrase "working mother" in this action-packed follow-up to A GENTLEMAN'S GAME. Tara leaves the Secret Intelligence Service after she realizes that she's pregnant by fellow agent Tom Wallace, who died during their last mission together. But restless Tara returns to the SIS when her daughter Tamsin is a year old, to preserve the life of Britain's choice for the next leader of Uzbekistan, an assignment which unfortunately goes sour almost from the outset.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-07-25 | | Series: | Queen And Country | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 503 pages | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Publisher's Note When the torture and murder of Dina Malikov unleashes a brutal power struggle, Tara Chase, Head of Special Operations for the British Secret Intelligence Service, heads for Uzbekistan, accompanied by an enigmatic man who may not be what he seems, to rescue Dina's pro-Western husband and son before they are murdered as well. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "[T]he action bristles and Rucka's way with amoral characters continues to seduce: Chace chases, chills and somehow charms." Kirkus (08/15/2005)
"Tara is often likened to a female James Bond...but she's really more interesting than the comparison would suggest. These are well-researched, intriguingly complicated, exciting spy novels in the tradition of Adam Hall and his great series hero, Quiller." Publishers Weekly (08/29/2005)
"[A] Swiss watch of a thriller: well-machined, precise, and inexorable. Oh, did I mention that Tara's also got a baby girls? That just makes this secret agent one deadly hot mama." Entertainment Weekly - Marc Bernardin (10/28/2005)
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