The Company of Strangers($12.24Value)

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Math prodigy Andrea Aspinalt vanishes from her first assignment for the British secret service, using a Nazi traitor's identity and memories to recreate a new life for herself. By the author of A Small Death in Lisbon. 75,000 first printing. Wilson here sticks with what worked so well in his stylish debut, A Small Death in Lisbon, crafting a thriller that moves from the outer edges of the Third Reich to postwar Berlin. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. Wilson here sticks with what worked so well in his stylish debut, A Small Death in Lisbon, crafting a thriller that moves from the outer edges of the Third Reich to postwar Berlin. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Wilson writes a gripping espionage thriller that will keep readers guessing from beginning to end. Mathematics whiz Andrea Aspinall is recruited by the British SIS at the beginning of World War II and sent to Portugal for her first posting. Within a week, she's blown her cover, uncovered a murder, and met German double agent Karl Voss, the love of her life. Their affair is short lived, as Karl is soon captured, sent to prison, and reported dead. Andrea later marries a Portuguese general and raises a family but never forgets either Voss or her days as a spy. Reactivated by the SIS decades later, Andrea takes on a far less visible but much more dangerous role in the espionage game. The results are both unpredictable and deadly. Wilson's latest has all the right ingredients--danger, death, violence, sex, patriotism, and war--plus intriguingly complex characters and a keep-'em-guessing plot that starts slowly but quickly picks up speed. Fans of Wilson's highly regarded Small Death in Lisbon [BKL O 15 00] will find much to admire here. Emily Melton Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "A plotter's delight . . . [Wilson] creates an intriguing moral maze for his heroine to negotiate."-The Guardian (London) -- Review Robert Wilson is the author of five previous novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britain's Crime Writers Association. He lives with his wife in an isolated farmhouse in Portugal. Robert Wilson is the author of five previous novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britain's Crime Writers Association. He lives with his wife in an isolated farmhouse in Portugal.