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TheColdWar'sboilingover.Globaltensionsarenearthebreakingpoint.Sowhat'stheperfectassignmentforasuper-spywhohasn'tsleptsincetheKoreanconflict?Afun-filledtriptotheMontrealWorld'sFair!Theadorablelittlegirlhe'sescorting—who,underdifferentcircumstances,wouldbesittingontheLithuanianthrone—canhardlycontainherexcitement,butitisn'tallplaytimeforEvanTanner.Somemysteriousdisappearances,apparentlylinkedtothefair'sCubanexhibition,needtobelookedinto.Keepinghismindonbusiness,however,won'tbeeasyafteraninsatiablelovelyinatigerskinfallsintoTanner'sarms,andamotherlodeofdangerousdrugsfallsintohislap.Butthebiggest,deadliestsupriseistheterroristplotTanner'stumblinginto,andhe'llhavetothinkandactquicklytopreventthevisitingqueenofEnglandfrombeingblowntosmithereens.
作者简介
LaurenGroffLaurenGroffwasborninCooperstown,NewYork,fromwhichshedrawsinspirationforherfirstnovel,TheMonstersofTempleton.Hershortstorieshaveappearedinseveralliterarypublications,andshehaswonfellowshipstotheVermontStudioCenterandYaddo.SheiscurrentlytheAxtonFellowinFictionattheUniversityofLouisville.GoodToKnowMany-ifnotmost-ofmyancestorsareMennoniteorAmish,allPennsylvaniaDutch-mygrandfatherstillcanspeakPennsylvaniaDutch,andthere'saGroffdaleinLancasterCountyfilledwithpeoplewholookcuriouslylikeme.IspentayearbetweenhighschoolandcollegeasaRotaryYouthExchangeStudentinNantes,France-mostlyinthehouseofafamilywithacateringbusiness(whenIreturnedfromFrance,I'dgainedsomuchweightthatmyparentsdidn'trecognizemeatfirstintheairport).MysisterSarahisanelitetriathlete,fourthintheUS,tryingtomaketheanOlympicberthforBeijingthissummer.She'sdefinitelymyhero.Hometown:Gainesville,FL,USADateofBirth:七月23,1978PlaceofBirth:Cooperstown,NY,USAEducation:BAEnglishandFrenchLiterature,AmherstCollege,201:MFAinFiction,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,2006Website:http://www.laurengroff.com
