| A Very Private Plot | |
| Author: | William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Morrow |
| Published: | 1994 |
| Isbn: | 9780688127954 |
| Series: | Blackford Oakes |
| Subject: | Military, spy fiction |
| Pages: | 272 pp |
| Oclc: | 28721356 |
| Preceded By: | Tucker's Last Stand |
| Followed By: | Last Call for Blackford Oakes |
A Very Private Plot is a 1994 historical spy novel by William F. Buckley, Jr. It is the tenth of 11 novels in the Blackford Oakes series.[1] The novel was well received by The New York Times described the novel a full of "grave whimsy with which Mr. Buckley retraces old conflicts" and "deliver[ing] more than mere routine spy thrills."[2]
In early 1995, CIA agent Blackford Oakes is called to testify before the United States Congress regarding a suspected plot to assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the Soviet Union.[3]