A Firing Offense

By David Ignatius

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A Firing Offense is a 1997 thriller by David Ignatius, a longtime columnist for The Washington Post and author of Body of Lies. It is set in the world of newspapers and intelligence. Eric Truell, a rising star reporter at the New York Mirror, meets a maverick CIA officer while investigating secret power networks in France. As he relies on the agency for leaks, he uncovers a hidden trade war involving France, China, and the United States, and learns that a spy may be working inside his own paper.

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