Este pode ser o livro de 2007 (e o filme de 2012) John morre no final de acordo com o diálogo mencionado na página da TV Tropes para Spy Speak :
"Hello?"
"Dave? This is John. Your pimp says bring the crack shipment tonight, or he'll be forced to stick you. Meet him where we buried the Korean whore. The one without the goatee."
That was code. It meant "Come to my place as soon as you can, it's important." Code, you know, in case the phone was bugged.
"John, it's three in the—"
"—Oh, and don't forget, tomorrow is the day we kill the President."
Click
He was gone. That last part was code for, "Stop and pick me up some cigarettes on the way."
O roteiro do filme tem quase exatamente a mesma troca.