The White Lie Assignment

1971

From blurb of Sphere edition:

THE OBJECTIVE:

to cross the Albanian frontier and photograph the Chinese missile sites there.

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THE AGENT:

Michael Mannis, freelance photographer.

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All it would need, his Whitehall contact assured him, was a little cunning a few white lies . . . [from Panther edition]

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A native Greek brought up in London [from Panther edition], Mannis knew how the Albanian Secret Police dealt with spies. So it took a great deal of money to tempt him into accepting the mission. He certainly earned it the hard way -- when he discovered that his contact was a fugitive double agent with Russian killers waiting for him at the end of the run . . .

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A High-Tension Novel of Espionage & Violence

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"An all-action first novel of espionage, betrayal and violence. An ace cameraman seeks proof that Red China is building missile sites in Albania to menace Russia and Europe."

--Daily Mirror

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"Nice first thriller, tough, tense, about London-Greek small-agency press photographer sent into extreme Albanian danger, with all possible double-takes and crosses lurking and achieved."

--Times Literary Supplement

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"Plenty of good action writing, from Albania to Tunisia, with heavy casualties -- an effective debut."

--Oxford Mail

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"A lot of violence, betrayal and blood"

--Daily Mail

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