In 1974, at the height of the Cold War, a traffic accident occurs late one night outside the United Nations building. Or was it an accident. Anne Thomas, the low-level UN employee who was struck, is at first bewildered by the FBI’s interest. Then, as one menacing incident follows another, she starts to share their suspicion that she’s being targeted. But by whom? And why? A terrifying discovery finally galvanizes Anne to act with determination to confront the growing threat to her life. A vibrant, intriguing stage setting adds much to any novel, play or film. This novel invites the reader through the guarded street gate of United Nations headquarters in New York to become part of the UN world not seen in televised meetings or on guided tours. From the airless, dingy Third Basement up to the windswept 40th floor roof, the UN building is the backdrop for the dangerous web tightening around a young American staff member who unwittingly finds herself threatened by clashing interests during the Cold War.
Tabella dei contenuti
1. Out of nowhere
2. Just a few questions
3. Events of the day
4. A billboard warning
5. A new worry
6. What’s to be done?
7. 1365 First Avenue
8. A Problematic application
9. Returning to work
10. Delegates Lounge encounter
11. An unsettling introduction
12. Peggy
13. More than shoes
14. Why here, why now?
15. Red-striped awning
16. Are appearances deceiving?
17. Old Masters
18. Not what it seems
19. Careful attention
20. Circular patterns
21. American suspicions
22. Unwelcome invitation
23. Flagging trouble
24. Rendezvous gone wrong
25. A famous watercolor
26. An inexplicable disappearance
27. Remorse
28. Prosperity
29. Restrictions
30. Off to Lima
31. The Ramble
32. Fire drill
33. A telling accent
34. The roof
35. Taking stock
36. The replacement
37. Chamomile tea
38. Formalities
39. An unexpected return
40. White buses
41. Staff strike
42. Norway’s gift
43. Anne’s questionable company
44. A painted lady
45. Upper West Side
46. The Pouch Unit
47. Park bench
48. Evacuation
49. Fouad’s observations
50. Return address
51. Anne’s turn
52. The Grey Lady
53. Bombed out
54. A small box
55. The unveiling
56. Circumstantial evidence
57. Andrei’s questions
58. Benedetta’s distress
59. Sorting clippings
60. Japanese Peace Bell
61. At a crossroads
62. Heated words
63. An interminable wait
64. A wrong moment
65. What was forgotten
66. What lies beneath
67. A narrow margin
68. Chasing a lead
69. Reflections
70. The Loading Dock
71. The next 24 hours
72. A reluctant return
73. Important message
74. Outnumbered
75. Confrontation
76. Extinguished
77. Blind fury
78. Retreat
79. In the open
80. Mutual goodbyes
Circa l’autore
Loraine Sievers, co-author of The Procedure of the UN Security Council, has had a long career at the United Nations working directly with the Security Council, and is an expert on the UN art collection, which figures prominently in her writing.
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