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Los Alamos

by Joseph Kanon
$15.90
Los Alamos
Los Alamos

Espionage, morality collide in wartime Los Alamos.

If you're into thrillers wrapped around real historical events, "Los Alamos" might be up your alley. It delves into the paranoia and high-stakes environment of the Manhattan Project, all while painting a portrait of humanity on the verge of monumental change. The moral questions it raises, amid a backdrop of espionage and romance, provide a compelling context for this murder mystery. It's a potent mix for anyone fascinated by World War II era and the complex ethical issues surrounding one of the most impactful scientific endeavors in history.

  • Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1998)
  • Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Los Alamos

by Joseph Kanon
$15.90
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ISBN: 9780316641289
Authors: Joseph Kanon
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date of Publication: 2021-05-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Espionage, Thriller, World War II, Crime, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 3809 readers)

Description

A successful thriller tells an exciting, satisfying story and lets us look at the lives of some interesting people in an environment either totally new or freshly observed. Former publishing executive Joseph Kanon's first novel does all of that, and adds a layer of acute perception about recent history that immediately vaults it up into the hallowed heights of John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Charles McCarry's The Tears of Autumn--thrillers that deserve space next to Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. In the spring of 1945, as the war in Europe is coming to an end, a former police reporter turned Army Intelligence agent named Mike Connolly arrives on the high mesa above Santa Fe, New Mexico, where J. Robert Oppenheimer and a team of scientists are rushing to finish their atomic bomb. A security man has been found battered to death, and Connolly's job is to see if it is anything more than the sordid sex crime it appears to be. Using a devilishly clever mixture of real and fictional characters, Kanon spins out a story that manages to be audacious, persuasive--and totally engrossing.
 

Espionage, morality collide in wartime Los Alamos.

If you're into thrillers wrapped around real historical events, "Los Alamos" might be up your alley. It delves into the paranoia and high-stakes environment of the Manhattan Project, all while painting a portrait of humanity on the verge of monumental change. The moral questions it raises, amid a backdrop of espionage and romance, provide a compelling context for this murder mystery. It's a potent mix for anyone fascinated by World War II era and the complex ethical issues surrounding one of the most impactful scientific endeavors in history.

  • Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1998)
  • Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.