TY - BOOK AU - Cumming,Charles TI - A spy by nature SN - 9780312366353 AV - PR6103.U484 S69 2007 U1 - 823/.92 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Intelligence officers KW - Fiction KW - Undercover operations KW - Suspense fiction, English KW - Spy stories, English KW - Suspense fiction KW - gsafd KW - Spy stories N1 - "First published in the United Kingdom in 2001 by Michael Joseph"--T.p. verso N2 - "Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious. He also has a talent for deception. He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center stage in a dangerous game of espionage." "In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between the truth and a lie can mean the difference between life and death - and he has trouble telling them apart. Isolated and exposed, he must play a role in which the slightest glance or casual remark can seem heavy with unintended menace. Caught between British and American intelligence, Alec finds himself threatened and alone, unable to confide in even his closest friend. His life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price, both on himself and on those around him."--BOOK JACKET UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007011582-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007011582-s.html ER -