TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reich,Christopher
TI  - Once a thief
T2  - A Simon Riske novel
SN  - 9780316456098
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
KW  - United States
KW  - Central Intelligence Agency
KW  - Employees
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Money laundering
KW  - Murder
KW  - Spies
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Spy fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Action and adventure fiction
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Novels
N2  - "Simon Riske sits in sun-dappled Napa Valley, toasting the record hundred-million-dollar sale of a rare 1963 Ferrari which he restored himself. The buyer, a sophisticated French woman, Sylvie Bettencourt, has purchased the car for an unnamed client whose anonymity she will guard at all costs. Riske enjoys her company and the flowing champagne until Sylvie's formidable Russian bodyguard storms in, claiming the vehicle is a fake. Riske is given an ultimatum. Prove the car is the real thing...or else. Meanwhile, in Lugano, Switzerland, Carl Bildt, banker to the rich and nefarious, is killed by a powerful car bomb, moments before he can deliver evidence to the authorities and disappear into witness protection. His beautiful and headstrong daughter, Anna, rushes to Switzerland to investigate her father's violent death. As Simon Riske strives to prove the Ferrari's authenticity and look deeper into Sylvie's past-and the identity of her client--he crosses paths with Anna Bildt and discovers they have an enemy in common.  From the bustling streets of London to a secret outpost high in the French Alps, from the freeports of Corsica to the glittering beaches of the Costa Smeralda, the Emerald Coast, of Sardinia, Riske and Anna find themselves players in a deadly game, where billions of dollars change hands and knowledge is paid for with your life."--
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