Feb 19, 2021

Friday Memes: The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cummings

 

The Moroccan Girl

The Moroccan Girl, February 12th, 2019, St. Martin's Press
A spy novelist is ordered to find a mysterious fugitive on the streets of Morocco.

Book beginning:
"Will you prefer to talk or to write everything down?"
"Talk," she said.
Somerville crossed the room and activated the voice recorder. The American had brought it from the Embassy. There was a small microphone attached to a stand, a glass of tap water and a plate of biscuits on the table.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Ready."

Page 56:

 The sealed package was somewhere beneath Carradine's feet in the chill of the baggage hold; he knew that it would contain the answers to his many questions and felt his professional obligation to Mantis dissipating with every passing mile. 

Book description: 
When he is approached by MI6 and asked to carry out a simple task on behalf of his country while attending a literary festival in Morocco, Carradine jumps at the chance.

He soon finds himself on the trail of Lara Bartok, a leading figure in Resurrection, a violent revolutionary movement targeting prominent right-wing political figures around the world. Caught between competing intelligence services who want Bartok dead, Carradine faces a choice: to abandon Bartok to her fate or to risk everything trying to save her.

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11 comments:

  1. A literary festival in Morocco! I'd love to attend that.

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  2. Oh this book will definitely work for me!! Sounds really good. And I love the cover too.

    Happy reading and enjoy your weekend!

    Elza Reads

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  3. This sounds like a particularly thrilling read! Especially for being set in the guise of a literary festival. How interesting! Those snippets for sure grab my attention. happy reading!

    Here's my Friday post.

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  4. This one sounds timely! Love the sound of it, and thanks for sharing. Here's mine: v “THE PARIS LIBRARY”

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  5. I'd like any festival in Morocco.

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  6. Intriguing snippets, sounds like a good one! Happy weekend!

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  7. MI6! I love stories involving them and don't read enough of them anymore. This sounds like a fun read. I like the idea of a spy novelist being involved in solving a case. I hope you are enjoying it! Have a great weekend!

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  8. This sounds interesting and, I just read about another books coming out with the same locale - of course, I forgot the title already.

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  9. I love reading books set in exotic locations especially if they talk about culture and cuisine. My quotes from The Radium Girls

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  10. I don't usually like espionage novels but hey, Morocco ! ^^

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