Ask No Question
by Mary Hocking
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The Alpine tunnel is closed, so two men ignore their orders and head for the St. Bernard Pass, taking them to Italy . . . Later, they learn that if they had obeyed orders, they would have been ambushed.Stephen Mitchell and Dan Burke are British agents assigned to keep an eye on a scientist suspected of intentions to defect, but in the obscure way of bureaucracy, they have little in common with one another. In the appalling heat encountered along with their unwary quarry at Lake Maggiore, show more their differences begin to flare into open hostility.And then Miriam appears, whether irrelevantly or by design, who can tell? The fact remains that Mitchell had known her in Berlin, where she had wanted his help with a problem of her own. Drawn to her in a way inexplicable even to himself, Mitchell becomes ever more deeply involved in Miriam's dilemma until the idea takes root that there is a way to help. The trouble is, the method entails betraying everything for which he stands . . . show lessTags
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- Original title
- Ask No Question
- Original publication date
- 1967
- People/Characters
- Dan Burke; Stephen Mitchell; Miriam Kratz; Eliot; Professor Alperin; Karel Huber (show all 8); Josef Novak; Mikail Kratz
- Important places
- Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; Monte Tamaro, Ticino, Switzerland; Lake Maggiore, Lombardy, Italy
- Epigraph
- 'I vow to thee my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;< br>The love that asks no question, the loves that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the deares... (show all)t and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.' - Dedication
- To
PAULINE - First words
- Prologue
He had come at night and in too much pain to notice where they were taking him. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The men who had been standing by came closer and the party moved into the police station, the man and the woman holding to each other, the child following behind.
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- Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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