The Shakeout (1975)

by Ken Follett

Series: Piers Roper (1)

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Ruthless industrial spy Piers Roper joins Holmes Motor Corporation to help another company engineer a takeover, but a beautiful Holmes' executive gets under his skin and weakens his formidable powers of manipulation.

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The Shakeout

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1975

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Piers Roper

Anthony Loughton

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The waiter brought a fillet steak, covered in some kind of thick sauce, on a plate which was much too large for the food it had to hold.

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Ruthless industrial spy Piers Roper joins Holmes Motor Corporation to help another company engineer a takeover, but a beautiful Holmes' executive gets under his skin and weakens his formidable powers of manipulation.

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