The Twentieth Day of January
by Ted Allbeury
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Pub Date Mar 20 2017 | Archive Date May 02 2017
Description
"Allbeury, like le Carré, is a master of the genre, and this novel represents some of his best work." — Booklist
It's 1980 and the Cold War continues to rage. Seemingly out of nowhere, wealthy businessman Logan Powell has become President-elect and is weeks away from assuming the most powerful position in the world. Across the Atlantic, veteran British intelligence agent James MacKay uncovers shocking evidence that suggests something might be terribly wrong with the election. With the help of a reluctant CIA, MacKay sets out on a dangerous and daring mission to discover if the unthinkable has occurred: is President-elect Powell actually a puppet of the Soviet Union?
Written by the bestselling author of The Crossing and Pay Any Price, this remarkably plausible thriller offers a heady mix of political intrigue and intense suspense — with the very future of America and the free world hanging in the balance.
Advance Praise
"Allbeury, like le Carré, is a master of the genre, and this novel represents some of his best work." — Booklist
"Allbeury's novels have won a reputation not only for verisimilitude but for crisp, economical narration and high drama … there's no better craftsman." — Chicago Sun-Times
"A most knowledgeable chronicler of espionage." — The New Yok Times Book Review
"When I say Ted Allbeury knows where the bodies are buried I mean it literally. Truly a classic writer of espionage fiction." — Len Deighton, author of The Ipcress File
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780486819228 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Leith D, Reviewer
The Twentieth Day in January was written in the 1980 and the author is deceased, but the similarities are remarkable to recent events occurring in the Trump administration. In the book, a British MI6 agent named James MacKay discovers evidence that the recently elected President of the United States might be a virtual puppet of the Soviet Union, controlled by the KGB through one of his aides. He works with the CIA to prove his theory.
The book is a great spy thriller read and I really enjoyed it. The plot moves along swiftly and the characters are very interesting. I recommend reading The Twentieth Day of January.
Ken C, Reviewer
The Twentieth Day of January is a novel from the past that ponders a newly-elected President as a tool of the Soviet Union. What a strange idea! Of course, the Soviet Union is no more, but anyone is free to speculate on what motivates a newly elected president. Nowadays ties to Russia can be suspect. The novel isn't great, but the idea is there. We could only hope that if this situation ever arose again that the investigators themselves might have more integrity than the ones in the novel do. If an investigation ever does occur, one would hope that they are as successful as the novel's investigators as providing conclusive evidence. Just don't kill anyone!
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