Jack in the Box
Subtitle: A Shadow War Thriller
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: May 25, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780060570682
First sentence: SAM WATERMAN spent the morning of his forty-fifth birthday a hostage to his profession, stuffed rudely onto the rear floorboard of one of the consulate's 1985-vintage four-door Zil sedans, the drive-shaft hump wedged uncomfortably against his kidneys, his long legs tucked fetal, his body hidden under a damp blanket.