Deep Lie (Will Lee) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Stuart Woods (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1987 | Series: Will Lee

Sifting through reams of seemingly unrelated intelligence, CIA analyst Katherine Rule discovers a chilling pattern: an ultrasecret Baltic submarine base...a crafty Russian spy-master in command...a carefully planned invasion about to be launched from dark waters. Her suspicions, however, are dismissed by those higher up; her theory, they say, is too crazy to be true. But to Katherine, it's just crazy enough to succeed - unless she can stop it. If she's right, an attack sub has already penetrated friendly waters. Worse yet, the enemy has penetrated deep into her own life, so deep she can touch him. And in this game, one wrong touch can mean Armageddon.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Winner of an Edgar for his debut in Chiefs, basis of a six-hour TV series, Woods presents another potential bestseller, vibrating with tensions created by covert operations in the CIA and the KGB. The heroine is Kate Rule, member of the team at Langley Field assigned to keep tabs on Soviet moves. Emulating male machismo, Rule grows impatient with her colleagues' caution and flies to Europe, on the trail of a Russian agent who has recently disappeared. The narrative switches alternately between fraught events in Russia and America, as Rule's suspect masterminds an invasion of Sweden. The story is packed with horrors and close calls, up to and including the demand for the Swedish government to surrender at the threat of a blast from a nuclear submarine. All the way, Rule and her few allies are caught in seemingly inescapable death traps set by traitors, trusted officials in Sweden and in Washington. An outsized cast of well-defined characters, nonstop action and clearly rendered locales make the novel a genuine if not entirely credible thriller. Reader's Digest Condensed Books selection. February 24
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From Library Journal

Scanning satellite photos, Katharine Rule, chief watcher of the Soviet scene for the CIA, spots a secret KGB training base, code-named Malibu, on the Baltic in Latvia. KGB General Viktor Majorov runs Malibu and is the mastermind behind a Soviet plot to take over Sweden. As Majorov races to set his plan in motion, Rule battles bungling CIA bosses to make her case before the Russians launch their invasion. Woods is a master storyteller who has created one of the very best spy thrillers this reviewer has seen. He has researched his subjects thoroughly: the book is as convincing as it is exciting. The action begins at full throttle and doesn't let up until the very end. Enthusiastically recommended for every popular fiction collection. Brian Alley, Sangamon State Univ. Lib., Springfield, Ill.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708984134
• ISBN-13: 978-0708984130
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,731,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stuart Woods is the author of forty-four novels, including the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. The last twenty-eight of them have been New York Times best-sellers. He is an avid private pilot, flying his own jet on two book tours a year. His latest novel is Santa Fe Edge,to be published on September 21st. You may see his tour schedule and learn more about the author on his website, www.stuartwoods.com.

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The value of quitting while you're ahead, November 15, 2001

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This review is from: Deep Lie (Mass Market Paperback)

About 15 years ago, before the genesis of his Pat Conroy-esque Lee Family series and his equally successful Stone Barrington books, Stuart Woods apparently decided he liked the ground Tom Clancy was beginning to tread. After this book, he decided one was enough, which makes this effort the stronger for all that. Woods has proven that if you don't get too gee-whiz in the Clancy fashion, you can still get the job done. Keep the story simple, avoid Ludlum-style mazes of subplots and gobbledegook, and your reward will be that not that many people will call you a dilletante or a poseur. There's even a bit of Clive Cussler-style huge-evil-plot. Heroine Kate Rule comes off more as a contemporary of Clancy's Jack Ryan than a ripoff in this sort-of prequel to "Grass Roots". She can kick butt when needed without becoming a cartoonish Wonder Woman clone (as she proves when she nails a guy who's been shadowing her). The Russians as the bad guys aspect of this book can be attributed to the fact that the Cold War wasn't over yet when it was written. We get to see Will Lee as a supporting character while he's still only in a casual relationship with Kate. Plus Will's boss Senator Ben Carr while he still has his health and vitality. So this book is also consistent with the character development we've come to expect of Woods. I love the Lee Family series. I also love Clancy's Jack Ryan books. This book is a fusion of the two that isn't really that incongruous, especially since Woods did it only once.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shallow but worth a read, July 10, 2005

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This review is from: Deep Lie (Mass Market Paperback)

Mysterious submarines prowl the coast of Sweden, while a young an ambitious Soviet submarine commander receives new orders. A not so young, but even more ambitious Soviet general plans spy-missions from a secret base made to look like any prosperous town in the western world. Meanwhile, Kathryn Rule, a non-nonsense intelligence analyst, sees growing signs of Russian focus in the Baltic...

"Deep Lie" isn't the deepest of the submarine technothrillers that invaded bookshelves in the late 1980's (whether inspired by "Red October" or written earlier but reissued to cash in on the craze), nor is it particularly loaded with the sorts of arcane info that only Clancy was able to divine out of military technology (remember, this was pre-internet.). Yet "Deep" is still shallow fun in the way it develops disparate storylines and ties them together. Definitely a fun if forgettable read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lighter weight spy novel..., May 3, 2004

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Louis M. Perdue (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Lie (Paperback)

...but quite fun to read. Although I am sure most people, including Mr. Woods himself, are tired of this comparison, this book is very Clancy-ish in its Russia vs. U.S. one-upmanship and its submarine and weaponry technological detail work.

The story is told from two alternating viewpoints: the first from CIA department head Katherine Rule who thinks she has discovered a plot in which Russia will be invading Sweden. Not one of her superiors believes her and she must go behind their backs to continue investigating this dire possibility. The other viewpoint is that of a Russian submarine commander, moved from his normal naval command to an elite Russian fighting force, the one being trained for the invasion itself.

The storytelling is competent and not as technologically detailed as a Tom Clancy, making the story, in my opinion, flow more smoothly than Clancy's. I had figured out who the mole in the CIA book was long before the end of the book but it held my interest enough to want to find out how & when Katherine would discover it.

All in all, a nice earlier book by Woods and a step above most of his somewhat cookie-cutter mystery thrillers.