Did J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hooverâs unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files, they decide to do away with himâquietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Then bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. All roads lead to a showdown that will rip the nationâs capital apartâleaving only one damning document to survive.
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Chancellor Manuscript â[The Chancellor Manuscript] exerts a riveting appeal, as it seems to justify our worst nightmares of what really goes on in the so-called intelligence community in Washington.ââThe New York Times Book Review
âLudlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.ââThe New York Times âPowerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.ââKirkus Reviews âA complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.ââChicago Sun-Times BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlumâs The Bourne Identity.
Did J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hooverâs unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files, they decide to do away with himâquietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Then bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. All roads lead to a showdown that will rip the nationâs capital apartâleaving only one damning document to survive.
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Chancellor Manuscript â[The Chancellor Manuscript] exerts a riveting appeal, as it seems to justify our worst nightmares of what really goes on in the so-called intelligence community in Washington.ââThe New York Times Book Review
âLudlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.ââThe New York Times âPowerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.ââKirkus Reviews âA complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.ââChicago Sun-Times BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlumâs The Bourne Identity.