The Ace of Spies

The Ace of Spies by Don Von Elsner is about Jake Winkman, private spy, debonair bridge pro and knave of numerous female hearts - in a fast shuffle with death.

Washington sweltered in a mid-august heatwave: tempers flared all over Capitol Hill-especially among the internationally renowned bridge luminaries competing in the Nationals Tournament.

With customary coolness and finesse, Jake Winkman concentrated on racking up points, oblivious to rising temperatures and temperaments. But when somebody selected Jake's bed to die in, the FBI moved in on surveillance, In the hotel's labyrinthine corridors, the CIA conducted its own investigation, while sinister forces awaited the signal to close in on Winkman for the double-cross they thought he had pulled, Jake Winkman had never been the target of such diversified interest ,„ and when the wheels of the foreign. operatives began bearing down on him, the heat was really on!