To Catch a Traitor
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Publisher Description
"The novel brims with bravado, fear, jealousy, sympathy, chicanery, cruelty, and nobility. Shuster makes the emotional life of her major characters come fully alive while she continues to ratchet up the suspense—all of this set against a vivid rendering of Moscow’s material and political culture." - Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Council
Every family has its secrets. In 1980s Moscow, keeping them is a matter of survival.
As the Cold War escalates, the Soviet Union’s Jewish community finds itself caught in a tug of war between their allies abroad who want to open the doors to emigration and a country that hates them but won’t let them leave.
A Jew in Moscow, Sofia knows better than most how high the stakes are. Her family is among the thousands who have been watched, harassed, and hunted for their defiance of the Soviet machine. Her own husband was sentenced to five harrowing years in the gulag simply for teaching Hebrew. Sofia has dared even greater risks to help her people, and if she’s caught, she won’t be sent to the gulag. She’ll be executed.
When her husband is released from prison six months early, she should be overjoyed, but the KGB has eyes and ears everywhere. Anyone could be an informant, even the beloved husband who has finally returned. A shell of his former self, he can’t--or won’t--explain his unexpected reprieve, and he’s acting guilty. She suspects he’s harboring dangerous secrets of his own. How can she trust him with hers?
The Americans meets Bridge of Spies in this can't-put-down Cold War story of intrigue and betrayal.
Sins of a Spy
1. To Catch a Traitor - released in August 2018
2.To Hunt a Spy - released in September 2019
Customer Reviews
excellent
This is an incredible story that is certainly the definition of gripping. I love historical fiction with critical facts in place because it is a great way to learn about history. This story is chilling in its accuracy but that is what makes it so good. I am hoping to pick up the next book soon as it is a compelling story!
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