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Double Cross, by Ben Macintyre (Crown).

But there have been precedents for capitals supplanting their nominee before, as in the early 90s when the Maltese ambassador had it in the bag only to be bounced in a memorable double cross by his foreign minister, who then spent his term flying round the world getting 21-gun salutes in all the member states.

The double cross by America's Health Insurance Plans, the private health insurer's industry group, which commissioned a study that claimed that private insurers would have to jack up prices and families would pay through the nose for health care if the reform bill passed didn't change the deal.

The party believes that Molyneaux was double crossed by Downing Street which forged stronger relations with the Irish government in the early stages of the peace process.

It is as if he had been double-crossed by the shifty figure with a dealer's eyes.

Result: Frank's peace plan for the Middle East in tatters because his wife had been double-crossed by a vengeful Russian.

Lawrence refused his knighthood and other medals in protest at the way in which the Arabs had been double-crossed by the British.

Many of those who have joined the judiciary at senior level, giving up the opportunity of much higher earnings at the bar, feel they have been double-crossed by a government that has moved the goalposts.

What about the needs of our whaling communities?" Marking the end of one of the most acrimonious whaling meetings in memory, some delegates said they felt they had been double-crossed by the Japanese.

To Democrats it was the "Good Friday Massacre," a double-cross by the Republican governor after securing their votes on emergency budget bills.

Senate Bill 1 was a double-cross by the Democrats in charge of both legislative houses, a giant middle finger to hundreds of thousands of firefighters, teachers, garbage collectors and other public employees who worked decades with the understanding that they would have a secure retirement at the end.