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A Firing Offense

by David Ignatius · 1997

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When rising-star reporter Eric Truell accepts information from a maverick CIA agent, he becomes enmeshed in an international trade war in which even his own newspaper may be an unsuspecting participant. When Eric's sources tell him there is a spy inside the newsroom, he is tempted to cross a dangerous professional line and risk his career—possibly even his life—to find the truth.

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spy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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writerswritersMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of thisWashington DCWashington DCMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 480 pages

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