Double Cross Blind
By (Author) Joel N. Ross
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Anchor Books
15th December 2006
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
384
Width 108mm, Height 174mm, Spine 23mm
188g
December 1, 1941It is seven days before the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Days that are numbered for Sondegger, a Nazi spy captured in London while on a mission to take down the Twenty Committee, a German network of spies the British have turned.For American Tom Wall, the days have run together as he awakens to find himself locked in a British military asylum. Wounded and shell-shocked, all he knows is that his brother, Earl, betrayed Toms unit in Crete, causing one of the bloodiest masacres of the war.Now Tom has to pretend to be his brother, and try to force Sondegger to reveal what he knows about the Twenty Committee. But Sondegger also knows about the Japanese plan of attack, and Tom may be able to prevent it. But should heAn electrifying debut that combines political insight with the classic elements of espionage fictionhere is a Nazi spy novel you wont be able to put down.
"A superb World War II thriller.... Haunting and unforgettable." Patricia Cornwell"Intelligent, fresh, exhilarating. A new career is launched." Daniel SilvaA classic World War II spy story with all the suspense and action associated with . . . Ken Follett and Jack Higgins. The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Joel Ross studied history at Hampshire College and taught English abroad for a short time before writing Double Cross Blind, his first novel. His father served in WWII, along with all five of his uncles, and their stories provided some of the background for the book. Currently, Ross lives in Maine with his wife, Lee.