The Zero Hour
Joseph Finder. Avon Books, $6.99 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-380-72665-3
PW gave this ""thinking person's thriller"" of assassination and economic sabotage a starred review. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 03/31/1997
Genre: Fiction
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