Triangle of Deception

Triangle of Deception is one of those sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat books. It's book four of a series but it makes a wonderful standalone. I don't want to say too much for fear of giving anything away! Fast paced, energetic, and exciting, this is one that any crime-thriller lover won't want to miss.

Dan Gordon is back in Haggai Carmon's "Triangle of Deception" and what a thriller it is. Gordon is both a member of the CIA and Israeli Mossed. While trying to trace the money trail linked to a terrorist group, one of Gordon's contacts is murdered and he is blamed. Things become more complicated as the tale develops. With Carom's background, his character portrayals ore right on and I felt I was reading not a novel but a true story (it could happen it today's society). Dan Gordon is not a super hero, but a flesh and blood man who sacrifices and suffers much to protect his country.

This spy novel is based on cerebral action; there are almost none of the wild chases, sex and gunfights found in most tales of espionage. The action is based on setting the stage for a deception, gaining the trust of their contacts to the other side and acting out the role. Dan Gordon is now working for the CIA after a long career working for the Israeli secret service Mossad. His specialty is following the trail of money as it is passed through channels to fund crimes and terrorism. The current project is to follow trail of money from various sources to Hezbollah in Lebanon. It is a joint CIA/Mossad operation and Dan adopts several identities as he travels to Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Turkey and Rumania, with many other stops along the way. The best part of the book is the set of references to the spy manual that Dan was trained under that appear when he is in a difficult spy situation. For example, on page 296 there is the note "A last-minute or unscheduled change in the plans or in the place of a meeting is frequently ominous, particularly if you're meeting anyone other than your longtime personal friend or family. A member of FOE (the opposition) will always try to move your rendezvous to another location where you wouldn't have had time or opportunity to prepare defenses." These glimpses into the manual for spies sound so very real that it is easy and probably correct to believe that they are in fact taken from actual training materials. If you prefer your spy thrillers to have the flavor of a "James Bond" action adventure, then this book will not burn a candle of interest in you. However, if you enjoy intelligent spy novels that more accurately reflect how it is done in the real world, then you will love this book. The layers of deception are so deep that at times Dan doesn't know what his role really is.

Haggai Carmon, Author Triangle of Deception Dorchester Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8439-6192-8 Fiction-thriller, conspiracy, black ops, espionage, CIA 339 pages October/November 2009 Review for Bookpleasures Reviewer-Michelle Kaye Malsbury, BSBM, MM Review Haggai Carmon, author of Triangle of Deception, was born in Israel. (2009, back cover) Mr. Carmon has written three previous books. (The Chameleon Conspiracy,The Red Syndrome, Triple Identity) He graduated cum laude from the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law and Diplomacy. He obtained his Masters degree from St. John's University in New York City. Mr. Carmon has led a colorful life working with the United States, Israel, and many other federal agencies while representing the Department of Justice in the intelligence gathering arena to aid in litigation of high profile cases. His area of expertise is multi-million dollar issues dealing with money laundering and fraud. He is married with five children. Triangle of Deception begins in Istanbul, Turkey with lead character Dan Gordon who works for the Office of International Asset Recovery and Money Laundering at the US Department of Justice. He, like the author, has had a long history of such work. Recently he has been shifted over to a joint operation with the CIA where they are trying to find a connection between the FOE, forces of evil, or enemies of the USA and the free world. (2009, p.9) Dan Gordon has a number of aliases to suit his travel and under cover/covert operations as situations might dictate. Before coming into the employ of the US government he [Mr. Gordon] was with Mossad [Israeli Intelligence] and still maintains some friendships from those days and training. Currently they are working together to tie money trail evidence from a variety of sources and other information to Hezbollah. Travels take him to Paraguay, England, Sierra Leone, Romania, Turkey, and elsewhere. He meets, infiltrates, and befriends [to the degree that he can without revealing who he is working for and what he is searching for] persons affiliated or associated with the FOE in an effort to learn important information about their potential ties to Hezbollah. Somewhere along the way one of Mr. Gordon's contacts is murdered and he becomes the number one suspect. Unable to make contact with the outside world he is left in prison, beaten, and tortured find out why he killed this man. Finally, a person from the CIA connects with Mr. Gordon and tells him that things are underway to get him released. While in prison he is evaluated by the prison psychologist, a woman, who provides him with key information pertinent to his case. This information might support his innocence or potential guilt depending on how it is construed. Eventually he is freed and given opportunity to work intelligence gathering for the Romanian Intelligence community. He agrees and signs on as a way to get back into the USA. This story takes more twists and turns than a boa constrictor wrapp

Carmon, Haggai. "Triangle of Deception: A Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller", Leisure Books, 2009. Dan Gordon is Back Amos Lassen Haggai Carmon takes us to terrorism as Dan Gordon tries to get inside of the most secretive and tightly knit terrorist organization in the only world and the only means he has is deception. Gordon is a member of both the American CIA and the Israeli Mossad and he wants to find out who is funding Hezbollah. Ashe infiltrates, he discovers that things are a lot more complicated than what they seem. This readable work keeps the reader turning pages and all seems too true. If you like cloak and dagger mysteries, then this is a book for you. Carmon manages to bring fact and fiction together based upon the reality of the way that things are. The characters are larger than life, the plot is exciting and the written word is wonderful.