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Winter Work
4.17 (1,436 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback English
By (author) Dan Fesperman


An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets being kept hidden just after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

BERLIN, 1990. On a chilly early morning walk, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbour, fellow Stasi officer Lothar, lying dead with a bullet wound to the temple. Despite the appearance of suicide, Emil suspects murder, for as East Germany disintegrates, being a Stasi colonel is more of a liability than an asset. Emil and Lothar were involved in a final clandestine mission - now Emil must finish the job alone, on uncertain ground where alliances seem to be shifting by the day.

Meanwhile, CIA agent Claire Saylor, sent to Berlin to assist an Agency action against their collapsing East German adversaries, has just received an upgrade to her assignment: shell be the designated contact for a high-ranking Stasi foreign intelligence officer. When her first rendezvous goes dangerously awry, she realizes the mission is far more delicate than she was led to believe. Emil and Claire soon find themselves on unlikely common ground, fighting for their lives against a powerful enemy hiding in the shadows.

Reviewers on Winter Work:

An entertaining thriller about a society turned upside down. Joseph Kanon

Fesperman belongs in the front rank of American spy novelists. Charles Cumming

Into this lethal turmoil, Fesperman injects an acute sense of place, and a mastery of the many consequences of failure. Graham Hurley

An engrossing, deep-in-the-weeds thriller. Kirkus

Winter Work is just fantastic. Olen Steinhauer

Superb spy thriller. Publishers Weekly

Fespermans smooth, easy style belies its complexity, and makes for an engaging read. Crime Time


Product details

Format Paperback | 352 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 24mm | 242g
Publication date 05 Jan 2023
Publisher Head of Zeus
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN10 1804540579
ISBN13 9781804540572
Bestsellers rank 26,817