Saving the Queen (A Blackford Oakes Mystery, #1)
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SKU 9781581824612
New York Times bestseller: The first mystery featuring the sophisticated deep-cover CIA agent: “Rollickingly ribald . . . Consistently witty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
Blackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it’s what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules—but he also knows the secret to breaking them: Never tell a little lie when a big lie will do. He’s exactly the man the CIA is looking for.
Just before Oakes graduates, an old friend recruits him to work for the Company. His military background, knowledge of French, and family in London make Oakes a perfect choice for the most glamorous role the CIA has to offer: deep-cover agent. When his 1st assignment reveals Soviet espionage inside Buckingham Palace and a plot against the young Queen, Oakes will throw the rulebook out the window.
Saving the Queen is the 1st book in the Blackford Oakes Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Blackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it’s what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules—but he also knows the secret to breaking them: Never tell a little lie when a big lie will do. He’s exactly the man the CIA is looking for.
Just before Oakes graduates, an old friend recruits him to work for the Company. His military background, knowledge of French, and family in London make Oakes a perfect choice for the most glamorous role the CIA has to offer: deep-cover agent. When his 1st assignment reveals Soviet espionage inside Buckingham Palace and a plot against the young Queen, Oakes will throw the rulebook out the window.
Saving the Queen is the 1st book in the Blackford Oakes Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Book details
- Author
- William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 224
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Fiction › Thrillers › Espionage
- Topics
- espionage · CIA agent · spy thriller · Cold War · deep cover operative · British royalty · 1950s setting
- ISBN-13
- 9781581824612
About the author
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. authored more than fifty books spanning politics, sailing, and fiction, including his spy novels Stained Glass and Saving the Queen.
Buckley won the National Book Award for Stained Glass. He founded National Review in 1955 and hosted the television program Firing Line from 1966 to 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist.
When not writing, Buckley chaired the Yale Daily News during his studies at Yale University, where he later graduated with honors. His fiction centered on CIA agent Blackford Oakes.
Buckley was born in New York City on November 24, 1925, and died on February 27, 2008, in Stamford, Connecticut.