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In this fascinating historical thriller, British journalist John Russell is adrift in a McCarthy-era Los Angeles, having left a life of international spying behind him - until his research into a wartime conspiracy brings him face-to-face with the perilous instability of a post-Stalin Berlin.. Los Angeles, 1953. It has been five years since John Russell struck a deal with a high-ranking Soviet official, relieving Russell of his duty as double agent for Soviet and American intelligence. Now Russell lives a life of relative comfort in Los Angeles alongside his wife, Effi, a star on an American sitcom, and their adopted daughter, Rosa, a young artist on the cusp of adulthood.. He has just begun work on a book investigating American firms that did business with Germany during Nazi occupation when he notices someone is tailing him all around Los Angeles.
About the Author
David Downing is a professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
