Captain Carl Kraft is a man dancing on a dangerous tight-rope. By day, he works as an Army Intelligence officer; by night, he secretly reports his department’s strengths and weaknesses to a harsh and mysterious superior. Assigned the dirtiest job in his profession, he is ordered to set up a patsy—to frame a fellow officer as a traitor!
“I’ve worked with spies for more than ten years. Or, to be absolutely accurate, against spies. So if there’s nothing else I know, I know what spies like, what they talk about, what motivates them, what they live for, and what they’re willing to die for. Themselves, that’s what. In all departments.” So says the new breed of hero in One of Us Works for Them.
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"I read this book when I was in the Army Intelligence School in 1967. It was one of the few books I had read up to that time that I really enjoyed and had a hard time laying down. The intrigue was fascinating and I recommend it as an exciting read. "
— Rick (5 out of 5 stars)
“The untrustables—the cool, deadly promoters behind the cloak-and-dagger curtain! A blockbuster!”
— Saturday Review“Jack D. Hunter’s tough, terse spy thriller that contains all the ingredients and then some! Odd characters, gimmicks, double double crosses, mayhem, action, coincidence, mystery, humor, human failings, love, sex, and ending with a solid twist!”
— Library Journal“This comic spy novel again demonstrates Hunter’s knack for offbeat heroes...Much fun.”
— Kirkus Reviews" I read this book when I was in the Army Intelligence School in 1967. It was one of the few books I had read up to that time that I really enjoyed and had a hard time laying down. The intrigue was fascinating and I recommend it as an exciting read. "
— Rick, 12/4/2012Jack D. Hunter (1921–2009) often based his novels on his experiences as a US counterintelligence agent in World War II. The Blue Max was made into a motion picture, and The Expendable Spy was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America.