The Miernik Dossier: (1 Paul Christopher Novels)

The Miernik Dossier is the dazzling first novel, recently reissued, by master spy novelist Charles McCarry. In this riveting, imaginative tale, five international agents embark on a road trip in a Cadillac from Switzerland to the Sudan. Among them are Paul Christopher, an American operative; Kalash el Khatar, the seven-foot-tall Muslim prince; Ilona Bentley, the beautiful half-English, half-Hungarian girlfriend of the British national, Nigel Collins; and Tadeusz Miernik, the shy and bumbling Polish scientist who might be the leader of a terror force that could set the Cold War aflame. Related as a collection of dossier notes written by the five characters, the novel reveals a complicated web in which each spins his or her own deception: each is a spider, and each a spy. The Miernik Dossier is an absolute masterpiece.

About the Author :
Charles McCarry is the author of numerous acclaimed suspense thrillers. He established an international reputation as a novelist with the publication in 1974 of the worldwide bestseller The Tears of Autumn. During the Cold War, he was an intelligence officer operating under deep cover in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Christopher Cazenove was a British cinema, television, and stage actor whose career spanned over three decades. In America, he was a regular in the television series Dynasty. His television credits include appearances on Charmed, Nash Bridges, and Tales from the Crypt. Stephen Hoye is an Audie Award and Earphones Award winner for the Best Voice in Biography and History. His audiobook career includes reading dozens of audiobooks, including James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia, Michael Lewis's The Blind Side, Carl Hiaasen's Skinny Dip, and Ben Bova's The Aftermath. Hoye trained at Boston University and The Guildhall in London. Hoye has worked as an actor for more than 30 years, with roles in films such as The Delivery, Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Little Shop of Horrors, and Spies Like Us. On television, he's been seen in The Return of Shelley, Drop the Dead Donkey, and Crossroads. He's also appeared on stage in Henry V and Love's Labours Lost, both at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London. Moira Quirk co-narrated Ben Bova's Mercury and has narrated other popular audio books such as Rosie Dunne and Shadow of the Giant, for which she received Audie Award nominations. She is a successful comedian and can be heard on Nickelodeon's cartoon My Life as a Teenage Robot as well as in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, The Wild Thornberrys Feature, and Serendipity, among others. She has also lent her voice to several video games, including Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Haunting Ground. Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and a multiaward-winning narrator, named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices.

Review :
"Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue." -- "P. J. O'Rourke" "True entertainment...has throughout the crystal ring of truth...Intelligent, absorbing." -- "New Yorker" "The most intelligent and enthralling piece of work I have read for a very long time." -- "Eric Ambler" "The narration is authentic, professional, and dramatic." -- "AudioFile" "The Miernik Dossier...is arguably the finest modern American spy story, the only one that matches the leading British masters of the genre in subtlety and ingenuity." -- "New York Times" "There is no better American spy novelist." -- "Time "