02128cam a2200337 4500 1563648725 TxAuBib 20240904120000.0 230530s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982194543 1982194545 9781982194550 1982194553 TxAuBib Berry, I. S., author. The peacock and the sparrow [BOOK] : a novel / I.S. Berry. 1st ed. New York (State) : Atria Books, 2023. 308 pages ; 24 cm. "Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain off the coast of Saudi Arabia for his final tour, he has little use for his mission--uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency against the monarchy. He certainly has no use for his naïve and ambitious twenty-eight-year-old station chief. Then Collins meets Almaisa, a beautiful and enigmatic artist, and his eyes are opened to a side of Bahrain most expats never experience, to questions he never thought to ask. When his trusted informant becomes embroiled in a murder, Collins finds himself drawn deep into the conflict, his growing romance with Almaisa--and his loyalties--upended. In an instant, he's caught in the crosshairs of a revolution. Drawing on all his skills as a spymaster, he must navigate a bloody uprising, earn Almaisa's love, and uncover the murky border where Bahrain's secrets end and America's begin."--Publisher website. 20240904. United States Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees Fiction. Arab Spring, 2010- Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Bahrain Fiction. Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)