Dimensions
129 x 198 x 28mm
Still breathing, an aging man is declared dead in the middle of the night. The staff's silence is bought, as his body is smuggled out of the hospital and away to a new life. An obituary describes Edward Crane as a 'resourceful career diplomat'. This much, at least, was true. His life, and disappearance, could solve the many unanswered questions still surrounding the infamous Cambridge spy ring.
Nearly two decades on, debt-ridden academic Samuel Gaddis needs a new project to help support his daughter after his latest book fails to make an impact. When a journalist friend asks for his help in researching a story which could rock the foundation of politics from London to Moscow, he can scarcely believe his luck. Within hours, she is dead, apparently from a sudden heart attack.
For both love and money, Sam takes over her investigation. He moves through a continent still echoing with decades of disinformation orchestrated from both sides of the Iron Curtain. While the world may have changed, when lies are all that keep the fragile peace, the truth is of no use to anyone with the power to hide it...