The Kiwi Contract — Philip Atlee

An agent poses as a rich playboy -- and winds up with a target on his back -- in this thriller by the Edgar Award�"nominated author.
 
Oil baron Mike Donoghue is on a top-secret assignment for the US government. To protect the mission, someone needs to pose as a decoy -- and that's where freelance agent Joe Gall comes in.
 
Now, Gall must trade places with a man known for his wealthy, high-flying lifestyle and his love of drink and beautiful women. It's a role the operative doesn't mind stepping into -- the only problem is someone wants the real Donoghue dead . . .
 
“[Philip Atlee is] the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction.” -- Larry McMurtry, The New York Times
 
“I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously.” -- Raymond Chandler