The Spy Wore Silk Author:Aline, Countess of Romanones America's most captivating secret agent tells the true story of a Cold War mission into Morocco with William Casey. "For glamor, adventure and intrigue, this is as good as it gets," wrote Cosmopolitan of "The Spy Went Dancing, Aline Romanones' bestselling successor to her memoir of OSS adventures during WWII, The Spy Wore Red. American beauty,... more » Spanish socialite, devoted wife and mother, and spy, Aline, Countess of Romanones, wrote Time, "lived a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only payed at in Notorious. Now in her third book, Aline unveils a true story of royalty and murder. It is 1971, and news reports of the near-assasination of Morocco's King Hassan II shock Aline. Just months before, she had received veiled warnings of such a plot, but few people had paid much attention. Now it is her job to make sure that the would-be assassins do not succeed in their second attempt. With the help of onetime OSS colleague and future CIA chief William Casey, she searches for the conspirators, from the shadowy back streets of the Marrakech souks to the lavish palaces of Casablanca and Rabat, from the exotic desert banquets that turn into terrorist targets to elabore shooting parties masking treachery and death. With the days running out, she must somehow untangle the complex web of motives and deceptions perpetrated by traitors, Soviet agents, illicity lovers, and uncertain allies, in order to ensure the king's survival-- and increasingly her own. Written with great style and her supreme talent for both suspense and the exotic details of high society, The Spy Wore Silk is irresistable real-life intrigue.« less