Multiple layers of mystery, intrigue.(BOOKS)

Byline: John Weisman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Spies, I am convinced, exist in a different universe from the rest of us. What it comes down to is that spies see things differently. They have been blessed - or cursed - with a second sight that is the result of tradecraft training and the quasi-paranoia of operating in a professional environment in which everything you say and everything you do is filtered through the prisms of cover for status, cover for action and plausible deniability.

To the spy, parks aren't places for relaxing walks or lovers' trysts, but potential ...

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