Four men, in the fourth of thee novels: Hertzig tries to maintain his espionage connections; Tipley tries to blacken the name of a co-worker who may connect him to a murder; Chataigne struggles with his own madness; Daw criss-crosses Europe in goose...
Men's fiction: sexy espionage in Europe in the 60's -- before AIDS. Four operators try to mount plots or find a safe place, leading to betrayal, double-cross, money, all blunted by mystified reactions to the meaning of the assassination of Kennedy....
Men's fiction; sexy espionage, comedy, a shoot-out, wry satire of four men who take themselveas too seriously in Europe in the '60's--before AIDS--and their ideologies less seriously than their own prospects for a line on the budget. for promotion, s...
The fourth and last volume of Doubtful Intelligence: Chataigne achieves his promotion; Tipley in Paris feels happy and wise, having learned nothing; Hertzig pours all of his wisdom into Daw's ears, leaves him his fortune; Daw helps found Agence Cofda...
An American girl in Paris, Lucy Musing -- nineteen, pretty, witty, but down on her luck -- sees a botched shooting in a restaurant. The evident target is Hertzig, a weary old Swiss operative in the gray world of fiscal espionage. Cops swarm, the two ...
On her honeymoon in Brussels in 1958, Lucy’s husband is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When her husband’s family arrives, Lucy is the only one who speaks enough French to deal with the police, the hotels, the funeral arrangements. At a late mome...