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Francine Mathews
Francine Mathews, who also writes as Stephanie Barron, is the author of twenty novels of mystery, history, and suspense. A graduate of Princeton and Stanford, she spent four years as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, and presently lives and works in Colorado. show more

Francine Mathews, who also writes as Stephanie Barron, is the author of twenty novels of mystery, history, and suspense. A graduate of Princeton and Stanford, she spent four years as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, and presently lives and works in Colorado.
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Wesley Britton's blog
Wesley Britton's blog rated it 8 years ago
I’ve lost count of how many novels I’ve read over the years that fictionalize author Ian Fleming’s involvement in Naval Intelligence in World War II. In each case, known history, speculative biography, and obvious literary invention meet. Most yarns by the likes of Damian Stevenson and Aaron Cooley ...
Admitted Dilettante
Admitted Dilettante rated it 12 years ago
really triangulates with FitzOsbornes in Exile and Code Name Verity. Yep stayed up all night to finish. . .
heidenkind
heidenkind rated it 12 years ago
Great, great premise, and I love Jack, but I feel like this book should be renamed The Never-Ending Prologue.
Reflections
Reflections rated it 13 years ago
Mostly wonderfulCould young JFK have been a pre-WWII spy for FDR? Author Francine Mathews has done her historical homework and created a mostly wonderful story that makes the possibility seem plausible. In 1939 the then 22-year-old John Kennedy was in fact roaming around the hot spots of Europe. His...
Surrounded by Books
Surrounded by Books rated it 13 years ago
A good bet for LeCarre fans, I'm sure. I need to read more LeCarre...
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