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Coonts, Stephen, 1946-
Subjects
Americans -- China -- Fiction.
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.
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Coonts, Stephen, 1946-
Americans -- China -- Fiction.
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.
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Hong
Kong
: a
Jake
Grafton
novel
/ Stephen Coonts.
by
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-
Wheeler, c2000.
Call #:
LP FICTION COO
Subjects
Americans -- China -- Fiction.
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Hong
Kong
(China) -- Fiction.
Series
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-
Jake
Grafton
novels.
ISBN:
1568959850
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
522 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Wheeler large print book series".
Summary:
Jake
Grafton
takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to
Hong
Kong
to find out how deeply the U.S. consul-general is embedded in a political money-raising scandal. And why not?
Jake
and Callie met and fell in love in
Hong
Kong
during the Vietnam War, and the consul-general is an old friend from those days, Tiger Cole. The Graftons quickly discover that
Hong
Kong
is a powder keg ready to explode. A political murder and the closure of a foreign bank by the communist government are the sparks that light the fuse . . . and Tiger Cole is right in the middle of the action. When Callie is kidnapped by a rebel faction,
Jake
finds himself drawn into the vortex of a high-tech civil war. Drawing on the skills of CIA operative Tommy Carmellini, in order to save his wife
Jake
Grafton
must figure out who he can trust-both among the Western factions vying for control of the volatile situation, and among the Chinese patriots fighting for their nation's future-and make sure the right side wins.
Genre:
Adventure fiction
Political thriller.
Techno-thriller.
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Adult Large Print Fiction
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