Alone Among Spies - Rhiannon Beaubien

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Résumé :
Jillian likes her job as a signals intelligence officer intercepting German communications. Even though she works undercover in West Berlin during the height of the Cold War, it is safe, predictable - boring even. All that changes when her lover turns out to be a Cuban spy of interest to the CIA, and her only friend, a Canadian diplomat, shows up on the other side of the Wall with a different identity. Jillian is alone and scared. If her cover is blown her life is in danger, but the intercept she is collecting is too important to just abandon her assignment. So she begins two uneasy alliances. One, with a CIA officer named Quentin, in which her only currency is her relationship with the Cuban, and two, with a British military captain, James, there to report on Jillian's activities to her boss. At first concerned only with her own safety, she learns that her diplomat friend is in serious trouble, and Jillian must decide how much she is willing to risk to save both her friend and herself. She suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of an intricate web of cover-ups, lies, and espionage. Unable to trust anyone, and completely out of her element, Jillian must use her wits to survive playing a spy game that has no rules.

Biographie:
Rhiannon is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Her first fiction release was Alone Among Spies. A sequel to that thrilling adventure, The Wrong Kind of Spy continues the action in Cold War West Berlin.She is also the co-author of the successful book series, The Great Mental Models. Covering models from physics to systems, this series explains how you can use fundamental knowledge in non-intuitive situations to improve your thinking and, ultimately, your outcomes. Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts, was a Wall Street Journal bestseller. She lives and works in Ottawa, Canada. You can find out more at rhiannonbeaubien.com, or on her Instagram (rhibeaubien), LinkedIn (Rhiannon Beaubien), or TikTok (@rhiannon.beaubien)....

Sommaire:
Jillian likes her job as a signals intelligence officer intercepting German communications. Even though she works undercover in West Berlin during the height of the Cold War, it is safe, predictable - boring even. All that changes when her lover turns out to be a Cuban spy of interest to the CIA, and her only friend, a Canadian diplomat, shows up on the other side of the Wall with a different identity. Jillian is alone and scared. If her cover is blown her life is in danger, but the intercept she is collecting is too important to just abandon her assignment. So she begins two uneasy alliances. One, with a CIA officer named Quentin, in which her only currency is her relationship with the Cuban, and two, with a British military captain, James, there to report on Jillian's activities to her boss. At first concerned only with her own safety, she learns that her diplomat friend is in serious trouble, and Jillian must decide how much she is willing to risk to save both her friend and herself. She suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of an intricate web of cover-ups, lies, and espionage. Unable to trust anyone, and completely out of her element, Jillian must use her wits to survive playing a spy game that has no rules....