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are kidnapped by French counter-intelligence: in exchange for the release of two French nationals from Soviet prisons

Professor Philip Mortimer

courted by colleagues who may be working for competing secret services

Damocles - An Impossible Ransom Mary Balogh Lee himselfEllie's mission of protecting a rich young man is getting increasingly difficult: her young client is too visible, too unruly. She manages to thwart another kidnapping attempt albeit by taking enormous personal risks and requests her charge now be kept in seclusion. But even the most secret hideouts aren't safe when the enemy is so determined. And the political and economic stakes are high not to mention personal grudges