First published 1968
When a junior British diplomat vanishes in Bonn, taking classified files with him, London security officer Alan Turner rushes to Germany to recover the sensitive documents before they can fall into the wrong hands. But as Turner digs into the disappearance, he uncovers a tangled web of radical students, neo-Nazis, and critical Brussels negotiations -- all of which threaten to explode into violence that could upend the fragile postwar order. With the stakes higher than anyone imagined, Turner must find the missing man and the files before a deadly collision of Germany's past, present, and future.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Germany (Federal Republic 1949- ), Bonn
Period: 20th-century
383 pages · Hardcover · Coward-McCann