The Naked Runner Author:Francis Clifford Sam Laker is an American industrial designer working in London. When Laker travels to East Germany on business, he brings along his ten-year-old son, and he ends up running into Martin Slattery, an old Army buddy now working with British intelligence. Slattery tries to persuade Laker to put his wartime skills as a sniper to good use against a ro... more »gue agent now working with the communists. Laker refuses, but he reluctantly agrees to deliver a message to Karen Gisevius, who worked with the anti-Nazi resistance during the war. Laker returns from his errand to discover that his son has been kidnapped; Col. Hartmann, a communist operative, informs Laker that his boy will be held until he is willing to perform an assassination on their behalf.« less