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During the first months after the war, CBS reporter Jake Geismar is in Berlin covering the Potsdam conference and searching for his former wartime lover Lena. When he discovers an American soldier’s body on the conference grounds, he senses a story but finds no investigation underway. As he digs deeper, he learns that Lena’s husband, mathematician Emil, is linked to the mysterious death and possesses knowledge of a Nazi missile program. Now both American and Soviet forces are pursuing Emil, and Jake must navigate the dangerous politics of early post‑war Europe to uncover the truth.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Joseph Kanon
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