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Once A Spy: A Novel (2010)

di Keith Thomson

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions.  Now Alzheimer??s disease has taken its toll and he??s just a confused old man who??s wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him. 
 
When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home, they find it blown sky high??and then bullets start flying in every direction.  At first, Charlie thinks his Russian ??creditors? are employing aggressive collection tactics.  But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect there??s much more to his father than meets the eye.  He soon discovers that Drummond??s unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.  Drummond??s intricate knowledge of the ??device? is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimer??s-addled brain.  The CIA wants to ??contain? him??and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives  ??father and son quality time? a whole new meaning.
 
With Once a Spy, Keith Thomson makes his debut on the t
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Wow. This was really good, the characters were well developed and it didn't take long for me to care what happened to them. It was non-stop action from beginning to end. I'm going to be looking for more books by this author. ( )
  davidgloer | Feb 21, 2024 |
A bit over the top spy stuff but an enjoyable read nonetheless. ( )
  ossi | Aug 27, 2016 |
Non stop action and fascinating characters. Not overly realistic, but how good would it be if it was? ( )
  ndpmcIntosh | Mar 21, 2016 |
A cute mystery involving an estranged father and son. The father has beginning Alzheimer's and the son is a bit of a ne'er-do-well who bets too much on horses. The adventure begins when the father has to leave his home for a nursing home. He is actually a former spy - but who is trying to kill him? Foreign spies? His old bosses? ( )
  UtopianPessimist | Jan 13, 2016 |
Welcome to a new genre: whimsical espionage. The book is written in a light, readable style perhaps more suited to a romance. There are violent confrontations every 2.5 pages, but there is no heat, no fear, no tension; the author could be describing a football play in a strange, unemotionally flippant voice. The basic hook is great: a former high-level CIA operative gets Alzheimers. This brings his son back to him after a long separation, and suddenly they are running for their lives. It seems that the Agency wants to take out father/son to prevent father from blabbering state secrets while in some Alzheimer's babble. Parenting is now kind of reversed as the son quickly tries to come up to speed with espionage basics and his Dad, in moments of lucidity reveals a Jason Bourne level of murderous competence. Basically, you don't believe a word of it. ( )
  neddludd | Feb 25, 2013 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions.  Now Alzheimer??s disease has taken its toll and he??s just a confused old man who??s wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him. 
 
When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home, they find it blown sky high??and then bullets start flying in every direction.  At first, Charlie thinks his Russian ??creditors? are employing aggressive collection tactics.  But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect there??s much more to his father than meets the eye.  He soon discovers that Drummond??s unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.  Drummond??s intricate knowledge of the ??device? is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimer??s-addled brain.  The CIA wants to ??contain? him??and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives  ??father and son quality time? a whole new meaning.
 
With Once a Spy, Keith Thomson makes his debut on the t

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