The Cutout, Francine Mathews
The Cutout, Francine Mathews
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The Cutout

Author: Francine Mathews

Narrator: Trini Alvarado

Abridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/30/2001


Synopsis

CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn.

They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April.

Now her dead husband has surfaced among those responsible for an explosion that rocks Berlin — and the brutal kidnapping of the U.S. Vice President. Uncertain of Eric’s motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric’s wife — the Cutout.

Is Eric a rogue agent gone bad? Or has he thrown himself under deep cover to terminate a ruthless psychopath? Caroline is drawn into a dizzying maze where one wrong turn will mean certain death ... and in which the Cutout will be the first to fall.

About The Author

Francine Mathews a former CIA analyst, is the author of four novels in the Merry Folger mystery series; under the pseudonym Stephanie Barron, she is also the author of five bestselling Jane Austen mysteries. She lives in Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy

I was delighted to find a book by Francine Mathews at the Newberry Library Book Fair this past weekend because they are rather hard to find. First problem: the font is too small for my vision so eye weariness over 511 pages is unpleasant. Next time I start grabbing up books I will give them more tha......more

Goodreads review by Becky

The lead agent in this espionage/suspense novel is also in the following book Blown. I love spy stories, and have spent the summer reading up on Le Carre novels, and then stumbled across Francine Mathews. I have my whole family hooked on her spy stories, they have all the elements that I love: well......more

Goodreads review by Nina

Wow! As good as Frederick Forsythe!......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

First book by this author and I really enjoyed the plot......more


Quotes

“A high-action thriller.”
USA Today

“Fascinating, harrowing, page-flipping intrigue ... A vivid tale of seduction, betrayal,revenge, and international political intrigue.”
The Christian Science Monitor

“Fast moving. Mathews has no shortage of imagination.”
People

“Thrills you with the CIA, a kidnapping and the hunt. Starts with a bang.”
The Denver Post

“A brilliantly intelligent and thrilling read.”
— Liz Smith, Newsday


And coming soon in hardcover from Bantam Books:

The Secret Agent

By Francine Mathews