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FROM: Kate McCaffrey <katemccaffrey@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/15/01, 12:37 PM

I'm hoping that someone will recognize this plot:
>
>A young man's father dies and leaves him a letter
from
>an inmate he once cared for in a prison after World
>War II. The prisoner, a Nazi officer, describes an
>icon which belonged to the Tsar of Russia. Inside
was
>hidden a treaty which returns Alaska to Russia.
>Becomes a thriller with various parties trying to get

>possession of the icon.
>
>Help! do any of you know this book??
>
>Kate McCaffrey


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Kate McCaffrey
Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Place
Syracuse NY 13210
315-435-4775
fax 315-435-2731

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FROM: Claudia C Breland <ccbreland@juno.com>
REC'D: 2/15/01, 5:56 PM

This one is near and dear to my heart: A Matter of Honor, by Jeffrey
Archer. A thriller that I read for the first time, speed-reading because
it was a page turner, and when I finished I started reading it again,
slowly, to get the parts I missed the first time. Very funny, action
packed!

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
ccbreland@juno.com

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:25:02 -0800 (PST) Kate McCaffrey
<katemccaffrey@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> I'm hoping that someone will recognize this plot:
> >
> >A young man's father dies and leaves him a letter
> from
> >an inmate he once cared for in a prison after World
> >War II. The prisoner, a Nazi officer, describes an
> >icon which belonged to the Tsar of Russia. Inside
> was
> >hidden a treaty which returns Alaska to Russia.
> >Becomes a thriller with various parties trying to get
>
> >possession of the icon.
> >
> >Help! do any of you know this book??
> >
> >Kate McCaffrey
>
>
> =====
> Kate McCaffrey
> Petit Branch Library
> 105 Victoria Place
> Syracuse NY 13210
> 315-435-4775
> fax 315-435-2731
>
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