Miernik Dossier (Paul Christopher)

Cool, urbane Paul Christopher is the perfect American agent, working under deep cover in the twilight world of international intrigue. When Christopher suspects that an insubordinate UN attaché may be a Soviet spy, he joins an unlikely party on a journey from Switzerland to the Sudan to confirm is suspicions. In the group is Tadeusz Miernik, a shy and bumbling Polish scientist who might just be the leader of a terror cell that could set the Cold War alight. Christopher has to find out whether Miernik is about to unleash bloody terrorism, but during the increasingly claustrophobic road trip, his instincts become lost in a web of double- and triple-crosses, as each agent's agenda comes to the fore - and God help everyone if he makes a mistake.

From the elegance and refinement of political maneuvering in Geneva to the palaces and terrorist camps of Dar es Salam, The Miernik Dossier moves through a world of the subtlest plots and the most brutal acts of violence. First published in 1973, this was the debut novel of the now celebrated Charles McCarry and the first appearance of America's answer to James Bond, Agent Paul Christopher.