A Gathering of Spies

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A beautiful Nazi spy and a British double agent match wits in this classic World War II thriller "full of action, suspense, and wheels within wheels" (Stephen Coonts). Gorgeous, cunning, and lethal, Katarina Heinrich is America's worst nightmare. For years, the German spy has been deep undercover, posing as the happy wife of a Princeton scientist. Now she is rushing home with key intelligence pertaining to the atomic bomb. If she reaches her destination, the war will be lost. To stop her, the Allies turn to Professor Harry Winterbotham, an MI5 agent whose brilliance is matched only by his inscrutability. As Winterbotham hatches his own secret plan-one with the potential to deliver the world's greatest weapon into the hands of the Nazis-the two spies play a deadly game of cat and mouse across the United States and Europe. From one breathtaking double cross to the next, A Gathering of Spies builds to a stunning climax among the best in espionage fiction. Lightning-paced, atmospheric, and irresistible, it is a classic story of World War II that thrills from first page to last.

John Altman is the author of thrillers including A Gathering of Spies, A Game of Spies, Deception, The Watchmen, The Art of the Devil, and Disposable Asset, forthcoming in 2015. A graduate of Harvard University, Altman has traveled to every continent, including Antarctica, and has worked as a teacher, musician, and freelance writer. Born in White Plains, New York, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his family.

"Reminiscent of early Ken Follett." -The Cincinnati Enquirer "A ripping read, a book to devour in one sitting." -Daily Telegraph "A sizzling zinger of a classic spy story, full of action, suspense, and wheels within wheels." -Stephen Coonts "This atmospheric debut thriller smells deliciously of Hitchcock and 1940s British spy films. . . . An irresistible page-turner." -Publishers Weekly "Faster than lightning." -Boston Herald "Old-fashioned fun. This book has the feel of one of those great old movies about World War II." -The Arizona Republic "Thrilling." -The Times-Picayune "Suspenseful." -San Antonio Express-News Praise for John Altman "If there are thriller writers better than this, I'd like to know who they are." -Jack Higgins