{"product_id":"beirut-station","title":"Paul Vidich: Beirut Station [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BEST ESPIONAGE NOVELS OF 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Vidich has firmly established himself in the very top flight of espionage writers, with a series of slow-burn character studies putting him in the line of le Carre.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA officer whose mission to assassinate a high-level Hezbollah terrorist reveals a dark truth that puts her life at risk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLebanon, 2006. The Israel-Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart and the country is on the brink of chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of this turmoil, the CIA and Mossad are targeting a reclusive Hezbollah terrorist, Najib Qassem. Najib is believed to be planning the assassination of Secretary of State, who is coming to Beirut in ten days to broker a ceasefire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey turn to young Lebanese-American CIA agent, Analise, who has the perfect plan: she has befriended Qassem's grandson in order to locate the terrorist and kill him. However, Analise begins to suspect that Mossad has a motive of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe alerts the agency but their response is for her to drop it. Analise is now the target and there is no one she can trust: not the CIA, not Mossad, and not the Lebanese government. And the one person she might have to trust -- a reporter for the New York Times -- might not be who he says he is...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tightly-wound international thriller, Beirut Station is Paul Vidich's best novel to date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vidich, Paul","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47513730580819,"sku":"9781915798602","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/vidich-paul-paul-vidich-beirut-station-2023-paperback-9781915798602-57199453733203.jpg?v=1726804742","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/beirut-station","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}