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Los héroes de Napodimonte

· 1977

Los héroes de Napodimonte
This Spanish-language pulp spy magazine features "Archivo Secreto: Brigitte en Acción" (Secret Archive: Brigitte in Action). American journalist James Mattews, secretly a CIA agent, is lured to Naples's Botanical Gardens for a meeting promising information about "the heroes of Napodimonte." Instead, his contact shoots him three times in the chest with a silenced pistol. CIA agent Brigitte Montfort (alias Baby), described as "the most dangerous spy in the world," arrives at Naples airport to investigate. Her contact Simón briefs her: Mattews used articles in *Il Napolitano* magazine as coded intelligence channels transmitting information from Eastern Europe. They debate whether Russian intelligence killed Mattews, concluding the assassin was likely not Soviet, since Russians would interrogate rather than execute immediately in public. The story implies Mattews was deceived into meeting someone he trusted, unrelated to espionage.

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