Tiebreaker

By Jack M. Bickham

Book Overview

Set in the last days of the Cold War, Tiebreaker introduces Brad Smith, former tennis champion and part-time spy. The CIA has asked him to help smuggle a rising young Soviet tennis star out of Yugoslavia, using his status as a tennis insider to penetrate the layers of KGB protection around her. But things go horribly awry. . . .

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812500504
• ISBN13: 9780812500509
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Aged well

I got this novel after reading Jack Bickham's books on writing. I was pleasantly surprised to find this to be a very enjoyable international espionage novel - even after the many years since it was published. The main character, Brad Smith, is a likeable retired tennis star, and the plot was logical and believable. Bickham writes in a direct method that follows right along with the method he preaches - scene & sequel. I have since bought the other novels in Bickham's Brad Smith series (I think there are 5 or 6 total). Since reading this one, I have read 4 other Jack Bickham novels and I like the way he writes. The stories are good. This is a good solid read.