title: A Case for Old Spies
author:  Gini Anding 
description: Gini Anding earned her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at the College of William and Mary, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Kentucky. She is the author of four books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French poetry. She now divides her time between St. Augustine, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, and writes mysteries (Amy Page / Jean-Michel Jolivet Witness series) and cookbooks (The Amateur Gourmet).
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  _**Her best protection came from an unlikely bodyguard**_
  
  When secrets leak from The Gates, the hunt is on for a mole. All evidence
  points to Anson Daughtry, who knows their security inside and out. Only
  coworker Ginny Coltrane can help clear his name, but she’s caught in the
  middle of a turf war between militants in the Smoky Mountains. More at ease
  behind a computer than with a gun, Anson makes for an unlikely bodyguard. But
  hunkering down in the Tennessee foothills, turns out Ginny’s not exactly the
  “need to be protected” type. Still, with someone stalking their every move,
  Anson isn’t about to let her out of his sight. Or, if he gets his way, out of
  his arms.
  
    
  
   _ **As she started to speak, he heard the sound of shattering glass coming
  from somewhere in the house.**_
  
  It was apparently loud enough to carry through the phone, because a moment
  later, Ginny asked, “What was that?”
  
  “I’m not sure,” he answered, keeping his voice low. He stepped out of h