"New York Times" bestselling author Stephan Talty's acclaimed fiction debut, "Black Irish, "won him comparisons to such thriller masters as Jo Nesbo, Karin Slaughter, and Tana French. Now, his chilling new novel brings back intrepid heroine Absalom Kearney, a driven police detective with a haunted p[...]
"The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that's accessible to anyone, and "Agent Garbo" often reads as though it were written in a single, perfect draft."--"The Atlantic" Before he remade himself as the master spy know[...]
Were the D-Day landings saved from failure because of a lone secret agent?
"Agent Garbo" tells the astonishing story of a self-made secret agent who matched wits with the best minds of the Third Reich -- and won. Juan Pujol was a nobody, a Barcelona poultry farmer determined to oppose the Nazis.[...]
It was only the first lie...As the snow drives down and the full force of a Buffalo winter makes itself felt, a man's body is found. Barely recognisable, the only clues the police have are the '1' carved into the victim's face and the killer's sinister calling card, a plastic toy monkey. This is 'Th[...]