The Madmen of Benghazi: A Malko Linge Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804169318)

THE MADMEN OF BENGHAZI, available for the first time in the U.S., is a gripping, racy, ripped-from-the-headlines espionage thriller set in volatile post-Qaddafi Libya.

G rard de Villiers (1929-2013) spent his five-decade career cultivating connections in the world of international intelligence, which allowed him to anticipate geopolitical events before they occurred--and to masterfully blend fiction with an insider's knowledge of international affairs. Published from 1964 until his death in 2013, his bestselling SAS series of 200 spy novels, starring Malko Linge, was long considered France's answer to Ian Fleming, with Malko as his James Bond.

Its hero, Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat, spends his time freelancing for the CIA in order to support his playboy lifestyle.

When terrorists try to shoot down a plane carrying Libyan prince Ibrahim al-Senussi, it is clear that someone wants him dead. But the CIA has its own plot for the prince: Now that Qaddafi has been overthrown, al-Senussi is their best bet to set up a constitutional monarchy and stem the Islamist tide in Libya. The CIA, which needs Malko as much as he needs them, sends the Austrian aristocrat to Cairo to learn more about al-Senussi's plans by seducing his companion, a ravishing British model. This mission is enormously appealing, but also proves enormously dangerous, as the same madman of God who is trying to kill al-Senussi also takes aim at Malko.

Author: G駻ard de Villiers
ISBN-10: 0804169314
ISBN-13: 9780804169318
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.20w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/30/2014
Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 80
Booklist 07/01/2014 pg. 41
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/26/2014 pg. 17