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ABOUT THE BOOK
Endorsements:
“A gripping cat-and-mouse political thriller, with an intelligence officer finding himself in an espionage battle involving Americans, Nazis, and Russians. A high-stakes plot and fascinating historical detail.”
—R.G. Belsky, author of the Clare Carlson mystery series
“Every curve in this novel is taken with the foot on the gas. Hitchcockian.”
—Timothy Miller, author of The Strange Case of the Pharaoh’s Heart
“I found a great new-to-me author in Max Eastern. I love how he brought his characters to life and made the situations in this novel seem as though they were happening in front of me.”
— Terrie Farley Moran, national bestselling co-author of the Jessica Fletcher ‘Murder She Wrote’ mystery series.
ABOUT MAX EASTERN
REVIEW
This is a fast-moving, page-turning espionage thriller set just after the war. Julius Orlinsky, a young intelligence officer with definite James Bond type characteristics, certainly has a run of bad luck. Not only does someone take a pot shot at him at a party, but when he investigates he finds he has somehow become a target – but he’s not exactly sure who is after him. After a disastrous confrontation where someone ends up dead, he soon finds he is on the run from the police as well as the shadowy figures who want to kill him. Further investigations mean he has to to re-think everything he ever knew about himself and the woman he loves. Could she have been a traitor and betrayed an innocent family to the Nazis? Was he a stooge, unable to distinguish lies from truth?
The settings are believable and the whole book has a dark, slightly seedy vibe reminiscent of Raymond Chandler. Many of the characters are unpleasant, but this all adds to the tension. An excellent thriller highly recommended for anyone who wants to be kept up at night!
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