The Crossing sleight of hand or a

sleight of hand or a high degree of skill

book design

engineering and the physical sciences

Because the decision to terminate an experiment is not predetermined

The Crossing sleight of hand or a"[Allbeury] tells it as it is: he was there and he knows what it feels like."The Washington Post Inspired by the Soviet Union's downing of an American spy plane flown by Francis Gary Powers in 1960, one of Ted Allbeury's most explosive thrillers introduces the brilliant British spycatcher Joe Shapiro. But even Shapiro's superiors doubt his intentions when he attempts to convince the CIA to exchange a high powered Communist agent for the seemingly