2003, ISBN: 9780805073218

US: Henry Holt and Co, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting… Altro …

US: Henry Holt and Co, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this first novel by a CNN political correspondent, a D.C. consultant lan ds herself in the middle of a high-profile scandal while spinning the case of the century Kate Boothe is sitting pretty in Rome, drinking good wine, enjoying the com pany of the most handsome man in the world, and trying to take a well-deser ved breather from her work as a political consultant. Then her business par tner, Jack Vanzetti, flies out to tell her that someone has been selling mi litary secrets to the Chinese, and that her least-favorite ex, muckraking r eporter Lyle Gold, has been fingered as the guilty party. With the country in a state of patriotic panic, nobody is willing to take Lyle's side; by st epping into the breach, Vanzetti & Boothe could finally have the big win th ey need in order to consult on a presidential campaign. Kate is more interested, however, in the question of Lyle's innocence: whil e she's willing to believe him capable of many offenses- he dumped her, aft er all-treason seems out of character. And since the political climate dema nds that someone hang, perhaps literally, she decides to come to Lyle's def ense. But she quickly discovers that she'll make no friends by investigatin g the complicated intrigues of the military/political elite, and finds that the stakes are higher than even she had realized. As sharp and irreverent as its heroine-a woman who's willing to take on the fight of her life armed only with brains, charm, and a couple of bottles of champagne-The Latest Bombsh., Henry Holt and Co, 2003, 2.75<

2003, ISBN: 9780805073218

Henry Holt and Co, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Th… Altro …

Henry Holt and Co, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this first novel by a CNN political correspondent, a D.C. consultant lan ds herself in the middle of a high-profile scandal while spinning the case of the century Kate Boothe is sitting pretty in Rome, drinking good wine, enjoying the com pany of the most handsome man in the world, and trying to take a well-deser ved breather from her work as a political consultant. Then her business par tner, Jack Vanzetti, flies out to tell her that someone has been selling mi litary secrets to the Chinese, and that her least-favorite ex, muckraking r eporter Lyle Gold, has been fingered as the guilty party. With the country in a state of patriotic panic, nobody is willing to take Lyle's side; by st epping into the breach, Vanzetti & Boothe could finally have the big win th ey need in order to consult on a presidential campaign. Kate is more interested, however, in the question of Lyle's innocence: whil e she's willing to believe him capable of many offenses- he dumped her, aft er all-treason seems out of character. And since the political climate dema nds that someone hang, perhaps literally, she decides to come to Lyle's def ense. But she quickly discovers that she'll make no friends by investigatin g the complicated intrigues of the military/political elite, and finds that the stakes are higher than even she had realized. As sharp and irreverent as its heroine-a woman who's willing to take on the fight of her life armed only with brains, charm, and a couple of bottles of champagne-The Latest Bombsh., Henry Holt and Co, 2003, 2.75<