The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum

A Washington thriller writer is pulled into a real-life conspiracy when a secret cabal of powerful insiders—who claim to have orchestrated J. Edgar Hoover’s death—enlists him to publish a “fictional” story designed to flush out the missing trove of Hoover’s blackmail files. As murders and betrayals mount, he races to untangle rival agendas within the intelligence community and the shadowy cabal, expose a plot to control the nation through fear and secrets, and survive long enough to reveal the truth.

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