Lynnette Baughman
Former newspaper editor Lynnette Baughman is widely
recognized for her bestselling espionage novel, A Spy
Within, set in her hometown of Los Alamos, New Mexico. In
Thin Disguise she shows her inside knowledge of Las Vegas
gained as a feature writer for newspapers there and as the
publicity writer for a major hotel/casino on the Las Vegas
Strip. A native of Bremerton, Wash., and graduate of New
Mexico State University, Lynnette lives in Los Alamos with
her husband. She's a regular columnist for the Santa Fe
New Mexican and has written features for Reader's Digest,
Runner's World, and other magazines


Los Alamos, New Mexico, late November/early December
1999. The 1945 pact generates deadly fallout in the here
and now -- murders, spying, blackmail and greed. A Spy
Within by Lynnette Baughman tells the tale. While
researching a book on the Trinity Project, Los Alamos
residents Rose Hulle and Patrice Kelsey discover the "Last
Man Bottle" legend and grow curious about a 1945 spy,
code-named "Perseus." One night Rose and Patrice meet
with one of the "Last Man Bottle" survivors, now in a nursing
home. The Trinity survivor describes the "Last Man Bottle"
pact and reveals crucial information about spies who sent
Russia bomb-building secrets.
THIN DISGUISE by Lynnette Baughman ISBN 978-1929976072 * 270 pages * Mystery
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On her first day in Las Vegas, Olivia Wright arrives to
apply for a job writing the memoirs of fading movie star
Margot Farr, famous for her carousel of husbands and her
roller coaster weight. When Margot is murdered and Olivia
discovers the detective is her former lover, Mace Emerick,
she agrees to be the homicide department's secret
witness inside the investigation. Plenty of suspects stood
to gain by Margot's death, but when Olivia is exposed to
the press as a witness and Mace is fired, the two of them
are on their own to solve the crime.
A SPY WITHIN By Lynnette Baughman
ISBN 978-096636642 * 343 Pages * October 1999
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