Herald Square: A novel of the Cold War
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New York, September 1949. When Dennis Collins arrives at Madison Square Garden for the Friday night fights, he is on top of the world. His career as the man-about-town columnist of the New York Sentinel is on the upswing; his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers are contesting ding for the pennant; and a promise WHO had jilted him years ago has unexpectedly Agreed two drinks and dinner at the Stork Club. Collins is surethat his luck has turned for the better. But at the Garden his within close childhood friend , Morris Rose, approaches him for help. Rose asks Collins two safeguard microfilmed documentsthat he says will try his innocence in a State Department investigation loyalty. Out of friendship, Collins reluctantly Agree to hold the microfilm for a week. When Rose disappears from the scene , and FBI agents begin asking hard questions, Collins must solve a puzzle That somehow Involve his friend, a shadowy forms OSS officer, and a beautiful refugee, Karina, with a troubled past. Collins discovers That both American and Soviet operatives desperately want the documents he is holding, and he is drawn into a twilight struggle between intelligence agencies that will challenge his loyal ties and test his courage.
Rich with historical detail, Herald Square tells a story of intrigue and deception, of ordinary people propelled into a dangerous, clandestine world where duplicity reigns and any misstep can have dire consequences.
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A szerzőről
Jefferson Flanders has been a sportswriter, columnist, editor, and publishing executive. His parents met in the newsroom of the New York Herald Tribune in the late 1940s.
