The Fifth Column - by Andrew Gross (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>From <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Andrew Gross comes a thrilling tale about a family--and a Country--torn apart.</b> <p/><b>February, 1939.</b> Europe is on the brink of war. In New York City, thousands of Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a hate-filled rally. A handful of blocks away, Charles Mossman is in a bar, reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charles takes a swing at one--with tragic results. A torrent of unintended consequences follows, and Charles goes to prison. <p/> <b>"Powerful...ambitious...heroic."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/>Two years later, America wrestles with whether to enter the war. Charles, now free, is wary of his estranged wife and daughter's neighbors in the city's German-immigrant community of Yorkville, where support for Hitler is common. Trudi and Willi Bauer seem like a kindly Swiss couple. But as the threat of war grows, so do fears of a "fifth column," a group of German spies embedded into everyday American life. Are the Bauers part of a sinister conspiracy? When Pearl Harbor is attacked--and the country can no longer sit on the sidelines--Charles will do whatever it takes to root out an unknown enemy, and protect his family...or die trying. <p/><b>S</b><b>killfully blends thriller, espionage, and historical fiction into a page-turning novel that will keep you in suspense right up until the very last page."--<i>Criminal Element</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for <i>The Fifth Column</i> <p/>A masterpiece that is both heart-wrenching and heart-pounding, and certain to become an instant blockbuster. --Pam Jenoff, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Lost Girls of Paris</i> <p/>Andrew Gross pays homage to Hitchcock in a twisty, fast-paced thriller. --Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of <i>November Road</i> and <i>The Long and Faraway Gone</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ANDREW GROSS is the author of <i>New York Times</i> and international bestsellers <i>The One Man, The Saboteur, </i> <i>The Blue Zone</i>, <i>Don't Look Twice</i>, and <i>The Dark Tide</i>, which was nominated for the Best Thriller of the Year award by the International Thriller Writers, <i> </i>He is also coauthor of several <i>New York Times</i> #1 bestsellers with James Patterson, including <i>Judge & Jury</i> and <i>Lifeguard</i>. Gross and his wife Lynn split their time between Florida and Westchester Country, New York. They have three grown children
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