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Red, White, Blue
Red, White, Blue: A Novel | Lea Carpenter
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A dark, powerful, and subtly crafted novel that traces the intertwined fates of a CIA case officer and a young woman who is forced to confront her dead father's secret past--at once a gripping, immersive tale of duplicity and espionage, and a moving story of love and loyalty. Anna is the beloved only child of the charismatic Noel, a New York City banker--and a mother who abandoned her. When Noel dies in a mysterious skiing accident in Switzerland the day before his daughter's wedding, Anna, consumed by grief, grows increasingly distant from her prominent music-producing husband, who begins running for office. One day, while on her honeymoon in the south of France, Anna meets an enigmatic stranger who will cause perhaps even greater upheaval in her life. It will soon become clear that this meeting was no chance encounter: this man once worked with Anna's father and has information about parts of Noel's life that Anna never knew. When she arrives back in New York, she receives a parcel that contains a series of cryptic recordings and videos showing Noel at the center of a brutal interrogation. Soon, everything Anna knows about her father's life--and his death--is called into question, launching her into a desperate search for the truth. Smart, fast-moving, and suspenseful, Red, White, Blue plunges us into the inner workings of the CIA, a China Ops gone wrong, and the consequences of a collision between one's deepest personal ties and the most exacting and fateful professional commitment.
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LisaJo
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Mehso-so

I think I enjoyed how this book was written more than I actually enjoyed the book; it alternates between things that are happening and questions and answers in an interrogation.

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LisaJo
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And all the Littens said...Duh. Well, the part about reading is true.

CouronneDhiver Actually, it kinda does... 😂😂 jk. Not everyone lives my life 6y
LisaJo @CouronneDhiver Your comment made me laugh. It is a little close to home for me too. Maybe not the basketball stuff, but everything else. The part about gaining your energy by being alone, that hits home a lot. 6y
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nomadreader
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Phil Klay says it's "the perfect spy novel for the post-9/11 era." I adored ELEVEN DAYS, and I'm excited to start this one, on such a fitting day.

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