| William Warner, wine merchant and bon viveur, is thesort of man who doesn t get shot at--in the normalcourse of events, that is. With a weU-established businessin London, a country house in France, a tres chic Frenchwife and a delightful mistress, William has every reasonto expect life to be comfortable, if a little dull at times.So when a sniper takes a potshot at him on a lonelyDartmoor track, William decides to throw caution andcommon sense to the wind and find out why. In addition to his considerable charm and humor, ourhero is in possession of two slender clues to the mys-tery-his would-be assassin had muttered somethingabout "the man from the Ministry" and in his getaway hadabandoned a flashlight with a Ministry of Defense serialnumber stamped on it. After enlisting the help of a some-what reluctant old school friend with connections in highplaces, Warner embarks on an investigation that will takehim from the hallowed portals of the Athenaeum to themurky waters of the British Channel, from the cozy seclu-sion of his London flat to the Porton Down defenseestablishment, and from civilized middle age to a life ofhigh adventure, desperate gambles, and beautiful women. |
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