The White House Connection. Jack Higgins
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The White House Connection
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First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1999
Copyright © Harry Patterson 1999
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Source ISBN: 9780008124854
Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780007384792
Version: 2015-04-01
To my mother-in-law, Sally Palmer. Thanks for the idea
Contents
IN THE BEGINNING LONDON NEW YORK
Manhattan, with an east wind driving rain mixed with a little sleet along Park Avenue, was as bleak and uninviting as most great cities after midnight, especially in March. There was little traffic – the occasional