{"product_id":"laynie-portland-retired-spy-paperback","title":"Laynie Portland, Retired Spy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVikki Kestell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Retirement\" means something altogether different to a spy. It means someone in authority over you has decided that \"coming in from the cold\" is out of the question. \u003cem\u003eIt means you'd better run.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAYNIE PORTLAND has masqueraded as Swedish citizen Linnéa Olander for more than two decades, the last seven years as companion to Vassili Aleksandrovich Petroff, senior technology advisor to the Secretary of the Russian Federation's Security Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife as Petroff's mistress is lonely and difficult, even brutal, for Petroff has a pathological need to master what is \"his.\" But the woman Petroff knows as \"Linnéa\" is not the compliant, deferential woman he believes her to be. She is Laynie Portland--\u003cem\u003espy extraordinaire\u003c\/em\u003e--and Laynie has stolen a wealth of secrets from Petroff and fed the treasure to her Marstead agency handlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Petroff's abuse intensifies, Laynie fears for her life, and she petitions her agency to pull her out. Instead, her agency declares that she is too well-placed to decommission. Laynie is dismayed to learn that her Marstead chain of command would rather risk her death under Petroff's hand than lose the valuable intel she provides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of options and faced with no viable alternative, \u003cem\u003eLaynie runs\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnraged by her betrayal, Petroff vows to capture and punish her, a certain death sentence. And when Laynie disobeys orders, Marstead issues her a \"retirement package\"--a short walk off the deck of a ferry into the icy black rollers of the Baltic Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursued by Russian assassins and hunted by her own agency, Laynie scrambles, fights, and claws her way toward freedom--although she knows that it is only a matter of time before her pursuers overtake her. Desperate and despairing, Laynie is stunned to sense a higher presence at work, acting on her behalf. Could it be the God in whom her sister, Kari, trusts?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo. Why would he help me\u003c\/em\u003e, Laynie asks herself, \u003cem\u003egiven the life I have lived?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaynie Portland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLaynie Portland, Spy Rising--The Prequel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 2: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Retired Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBook 3: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Renegade Spy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook 4: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Spy Resurrected\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e06.02.2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371287777517,"sku":"9781970120165","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/OrUEIk_KVQ9781970120165.webp?v=1785473482","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/laynie-portland-retired-spy-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}