{"product_id":"vienna-spies","title":"Vienna Spies","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne other thing  Edgar: you mentioned about our network in Vienna. I didnt realise we still have one there?Thats the thing Fowler: we dont. Not yet  at any rate. With the end of the Second World War in sight  the Allies begin to divide up the spoils and it proves to be a dangerous game. The British have become aware that  contrary to whats been agreed  the Soviet Union is intent on controlling Austria once the Second World War ends. And Major Edgar is given the job of establishing an espionage unit in Vienna. He sends in a married Swiss couple  Rolf Eder and Katharina Hoch  who  in fact  have only met each other a week before their journey. Their job is to track down Austrias most respected politician  in hiding from the Nazis  and bring him over to the British cause. But the feared Soviet spy Viktor Krasotkin is already in the wartorn city  embarking on exactly the same mission. A taut  tense masterclass in espionage fiction from the author of The Best of Our Spies and The Swiss Spy  the new novel by Alex Gerlis takes place in a fiercely pro-Nazi city in the final months of the Second World War  a place where the Wehrmacht patrol the streets and the Gestapo rule unchecked. As the former Austrian capital faces the onslaught of the Allies from one side and the Red Army from the other  it provides an unforgettable backdrop to a chess-like game of oneupmanship and political ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949586968629,"sku":"ByrdShop_1782925570","price":91.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781782925576.jpg?v=1770081956","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vienna-spies","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}