Washington D. C., 1953. The Cold War is heating up: McCarthyism, with all its fear and demagoguery, is raging in the nation's capital, and Joseph Stalin's death has left a dangerous power vacuum in the Soviet Union. The CIA, meanwhile, is reeling from a double agent within their midst. Someone is selling secrets to the Soviets,...
A debut espionage novel is the style of Alan Furst, John le Carre and Charles Cumming. Set during the McCarthy era in 1950s America, it's based on the story of a real spy, James Speyer Kronthal.