The Informant
A page-turning, compelling historical thriller
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
By the acclaimed author of Fear Itself, a compelling thriller set in 1940s America on the eve of Pearl Harbor.
'A stylish, ingenious thriller' Jim Crace
'A wonderfully intelligent and beautifully written historical thriller' Max Byrd
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Autumn 1941: most of the world is at war. America is hovering on the brink.
Special Agent James Nessheim is stuck in Hollywood, working as an adviser to a studio making pro-FBI movies.
And then one his key informants, Japanese-American Billy Osaka, asks to see him urgently. But before they can meet, Osaka vanishes.
Nessheim’s search for Osaka takes him to a Mob-run gambling club, through the dense streets of LA’s Little Tokyo, from the seamy San Pedro docks to the hill-top ranch of a Communist sympathiser.
As Nessheim begins to unravel Osaka’s deadly secrets, he uncovers a chilling conspiracy to push America into the war.
But other people are looking for Osaka too, and are prepared to kill anyone who gets in their way. A lethal race is on.
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Praise for The Informant:
'This is compelling and intelligent fiction, laden with tension and suspense' Jim Crace
'[it is] laced with fine period detail, awareness of the institutional duplicity of Hoover’s FBI and a fine ear for dialogue' Daily Mail
'The ghosts of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler loom large here, as do the classic films Chinatown and Casablanca, lending Rosenheim’s prose a velvety texture' Kirkus Reviews
'The prose is taut and muscular, masculine even. It holds your attention and it's easy to turn the page' Oxford Mail
'Great series; well worth reading' 5-star reader review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1941, Rosenheim's excellent sequel to 2012's Fear Itself takes FBI agent Jimmy Nessheim to Los Angeles, ostensibly to ensure that J. Edgar Hoover comes out looking good in a movie Hollywood is making about the Bureau. In reality, he's running a Japanese informant, Billy Osaka. When Osaka disappears, FBI assistant director Harry Guttman orders Nessheim to find him. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Guttman is playing his usual dangerous game by following leads in the suspicious shooting death of a source who alerted him to Soviet efforts to recruit Americans as spies. Guttman must do so without incurring Hoover's wrath for disobeying orders to let that matter lie. As the calendar shifts from October to November 1941, the shadow of what is to come on December 7 looms large, adding urgency to Nessheim's mission. Rosenheim is even better this time out at melding interesting leads with a thrilling story line and vivid descriptions of such locales as L.A.'s Little Tokyo.
