The Good Assassin

Description

In this sequel to An Honourable Man, Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in 1958 to look into the activities of Toby Graham, a CIA officer suspected of harbouring sympathies for the rebel forces fighting the unpopular Batista regime. Under the cover of their long acquaintance, Mueller is recruited to vet rumours that Graham is putting weapons from the CIA into the hands of Castro's forces. Public exposure threatens to embarrass the agency and Mueller must find the truth, uncovering a world of deceit in the process.

Paul Vidich has had a distinguished career in music and media. Most recently, he served as Special Advisor to AOL and was Executive Vice President at the Warner Music Group, in charge of technology and global strategy. He serves on the Board of Directors of Poets & Writers and The New School for Social Research. A founder and publisher of the Storyville App, Vidich is also an award-winning author of short fiction. His novels, An Honorable Man, The Good Assassin, The Coldest Warrior and The Mercenary, are available from No Exit Press.

The Good Assassin has traces of Conrad and le Carre ... allegiances are mixed, moral forces are confused, and the spies are utterly, irredeemably human * CrimeReads * A worthy follow-up indeed -- Maxim Jakubowski * Lovereading * His work has vaulted [Paul Vidich] into the ranks of such thinking-man's spy novels as Joseph Kanon and Alan Furst -- Stephen Schiff, writer and co-executive producer of the hit FX series The Americans Paul Vidich's likeable and reluctant spy, George Mueller, will keep readers guessing in this eerily real Cuba of 1958. The Good Assassin is a keen historical adventure from the best noir tradition -- Elizabeth Kostova, New York Times bestselling author of The Historian The Good Assassin opens up Hemingway's Cuba. Possessing Alan Furst's attention for period detail and the deft character touches of John Le Carre, Vidich has quickly carved out a place for himself among the very first rank of espionage writers. Masterful. -- Michael Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Chicago Way and Bright