{"title":"Joseph Kanon","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"los-alamos","title":"Los Alamos","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kanon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpring 1945.  As work on the first atomic bomb nears completion on a remote mesa in New Mexico, Karl Bruner, a Manhattan Project security officer, is found murdered in nearby Santa Fe.  Is Bruner the victim of a violent sexual encounter, as the local police believe, or is his death a crime that threatens to jeopardize the secret of the Project itself?  This is the mainspring of Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos , a supremely original and romantic new thriller that re-creates the most compelling real-life drama of this century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael Connolly, the intelligence officer brought in to crack Bruner's case--and then make it disappear--soon discovers that investigating a murder in Los Alamos is anything but routine.  In a town so secret it does not officially exist, he must thread his way through a makeshift community of displaced ÚmigrÚs, soldiers, and idealistic scientists for whom murder is, at best, an unwelcome intrusion as they race to end a brutal war.  Only when Connolly falls in love and begins an affair with Emma, the enigmatic wife of one of the scientists, does he truly begin to unravel the past associations, tangled sex lives, and conflicting morality at the dark heart of the Project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterweaving fact and fiction, Los Alamos is at once a powerful novel of historical intrigue and a vivid portrait of those involved in the Manhattan Robert Oppenheimer, its charismatic scientific director; General Groves, its blunt Army commander; and the brilliant team of scientists whose work would change the world forever.  Like the invention at its core, Los Alamos is about fusion--of loyalty and betrayal, idealism and guilt--and its deadly aftermath.  Elegantly written and deftly constructed, Los Alamos marks the emergence of a major new storytelling talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003eMay 5, 1997 by Broadway\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Hardcover \/ Joseph Kanon","offer_id":49990707118378,"sku":"9780553062243","price":26.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/2052310.jpg?v=1741084178"},{"product_id":"the-prodigal-spy","title":"The Prodigal Spy","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kanon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a time of accusations, treachery and lies, some secrets were heartbreaking....\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOthers were deadly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce, Nick Kotlar tried to save his father. From the angry questions. From the accusations. From a piece of evidence that only Nick knew about and that he destroyed—for his father. But in the Red Scare of 1950 Walter Kotlar could not be saved. Branded a spy, he fled the country, leaving behind a wife, a young son—and a key witness lying dead below her D.C. hotel room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, twenty years later, Nick will get a second chance. Because a beautiful journalist has brought a message from his long-lost father, and Nick will follow her into Soviet-occupied Prague for a painful reunion. Confronting a father he barely remembers and a secret that could change everything, Nick knows he must return to the place where it all to unravel a lie, to penetrate a deadly conspiracy, and to expose the one person who knew the truth—and watched a family be destroyed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003eNovember 9, 1999 by Island Books\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback \/ Joseph Kanon","offer_id":50174555226410,"sku":"9780440225348","price":19.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/594613.jpg?v=1746471883"},{"product_id":"defectors","title":"Defectors","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kanon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome secrets should never be told.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoscow 1961. A former CIA agent turned defector is about to publish his memoirs, and what he reveals will send shock waves through the West. His brother, Simon, was forced to resign from the US State Dept in the wake of his brother's defection; now he's a New York publisher and is given the opportunity to read and publish it. 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