Killing Ground
by Gerald Seymour
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A young English schoolteacher, Charlotte Parsons, is invited to reume her job as nanny to the children of a well-to-do Sicilian family. But this time Charley is the central figure in a desperate plot by the US Drug Enforcement Agency to trap Mario Ruggerio, would-be head of the Sicilian Mafia, the man who masterminds a multi-billion dollar international drugs trade. Charley is to be the bait in the trap and, in deciding to return to the Ruggerio family in Palermo, is about to enter the show more killing ground... show lessTags
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Una joven maestra de escuela inglesa, Charlotte Parsons, es invitada a retomar su trabajo como niñera de los niños de una familia acomodada siciliana. Pero esta vez Charley es la figura central en un complot desesperado de la Agencia Antidrogas de EE. UU. para atrapar a Mario Ruggerio, el aspirante a líder de la mafia siciliana, el hombre que dirige un comercio internacional de drogas multimillonario. Charley va a ser el cebo de la trampa y, al decidir regresar con la familia Ruggerio en Palermo, está a punto de entrar en el terreno de la matanza...
I found I didn't really care what happened to the characters. . . always the sign of a bad read.
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Die junge englische Lehrerin Charlotte wird als "Maulwurf" vom amerikanischen Geheimdienst in die sizilianische Mafiafamilie Ruggerio eingeschleust. Von ihr erhoffen sich die Rauschgiftfahnder den entscheidenden Tip, um Mario Ruggerio hinter Schloß und Riegel zu bringen. Doch so einfach tappt der Pate nicht in die Falle...
Die junge englische Lehrerin Charlotte wird als "Maulwurf" vom amerikanischen Geheimdienst in die sizilianische Mafiafamilie Ruggerio eingeschleust. Von ihr erhoffen sich die Rauschgiftfahnder den entscheidenden Tip, um Mario Ruggerio hinter Schloß und Riegel zu bringen. Doch so einfach tappt der Pate nicht in die Falle...
Apr 6, 2012 (Edited)German
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Gerald Seymour was born on November 25, 1941 in Guilford, Surrey, England. He received a BA Honors degree in Modern History from University College London. He was a broadcast journalist who covered many overseas conflicts including the Vietnam War, the Munich Olympics massacre, and Palestinian militant groups. His first book, Harry's Game, was show more published in 1975 and soon afterwards, he retired from journalism to become a full-time author. Many of his other books were adapted into television movies and Field of Blood was adapted as the feature film, The Informant, starring Timothy Dalton. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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