The Intercom Conspiracy by Eric Ambler. First Edition, published 1969 by Atheneum, New York. A Cold War espionage thriller from one of the masters of the spy novel, featuring Charles Latimer, the returning protagonist from A Coffin for Dimitrios. When retired intelligence officers purchase a Geneva newspaper to manipulate world powers, the line between information and blackmail collapses. A sharp, ironic tale of intrigue and manipulation in the modern age of espionage.