The Voyage

Robert MacNeil, MacNeil. Mariner Books, $22.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600463-3

Former TV newsman MacNeil's second novel concerns a diplomat whose career is threatened by the mysterious dissappearance of his longtime mistress. (Oct.)

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