Fletcher Knebel

Friday Evening He checked off the last item on Katie's must list, swung back in his swivel chair and stretched. Long day, damn it, but now everything was buttoned up for the week away from the office. He had called Smitty again, finished his notes for the Waldorf meeting and composed the blast at...

Blinding snow. A vital runway blocked. And the luxury Golden Argosy flight has taken off for Rome.Among those aboard the mammoth jet : a veteran captain, his stewardess sweetheart, a little old lady stowaway, and a nervous man with a briefcase. Thenthe plane turns back. And skilled hands and...

KAPITEL 1 Jim MacVeagh bekam einen solchen Lachkrampf, daß aus seinem erhobenen Glas ein Schuß Sekt aufs Tischtuch schwippte. Sidney Karpcr, der Verteidigungsminister, stimmte mit belustigtem Kopfschütteln in die Heiterkeit seines Tischnachbarn ein. „Einfach unüberbietbar, lieber Senator,...