Foreign Exchange

Larry Beinhart

Jun 2012 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

The IRS is on his tail, so Tony Cassella is on the run . . . Facing prison for tax violations, private detective Tony Cassella flees the IRS and heads for the Alps, where he becomes the owner of the only Laundromat in a chic Austrian ski town. A few weeks after his French lover gives birth to a baby girl, Cassella the laundry-magnate gets a job offer that could finally set things right back home. An American teen and a Japanese businessman have been killed in a freak avalanche, and the dead girl’s mother wants Cassella to find out why her daughter died. The Japanese man was carrying a disk whose contents are of great interest to the CIA, and returning it to Langley could mean the end of Cassella’s IRS headache. To find the disk, he must confront a global network of killers, thieves, and retired spies. Quickly in over his head, Cassella realizes that to survive in this world of international intrigue, he will have to do much more than wash, fold, and ski. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Larry Beinhart including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

About the author

Larry Beinhart (b. 1947) is an award-winning author of mysteries, nonfiction and political essays, best known for his novel American Hero, which inspired the blockbuster film Wag the Dog. His first novel, No One Rides for Free (1986), introduced Tony Cassella, a thoroughly modern private investigator who also appeared in You Get What You Pay For (1988) and Foreign Exchange (1991). Beinhart’s next novel, American Hero (1993), told the story of an unpopular president who engineers a war to win re-election. Beinhart has also won an Emmy and a Dagger Award. He lives and writes in Woodstock, New York.