Informant

By the acclaimed author of Fear Itself, a compelling thriller set in 1940s America on the eve of Pearl Harbor.'A stylish, ingenious thriller' Jim Crace'A wonderfully intelligent and beautifully written historical thriller' Max Byrd____________Autumn 1941: most of the world is at war. America is hovering on the brink.Special Agent James Nessheim is stuck in Hollywood, working as an adviser to a studio making pro-FBI movies.And then one his key informants, Japanese-American Billy Osaka, asks to see him urgently. But before they can meet, Osaka vanishes.Nessheim s search for Osaka takes him to a Mob-run gambling club, through the dense streets of LA s Little Tokyo, from the seamy San Pedro docks to the hill-top ranch of a Communist sympathiser.As Nessheim begins to unravel Osaka s deadly secrets, he uncovers a chilling conspiracy to push America into the war.But other people are looking for Osaka too, and are prepared to kill anyone who gets in their way. A lethal race is on.____________Praise for The Informant: 'This is compelling and intelligent fiction, laden with tension and suspense' Jim Crace'[it is] laced with fine period detail, awareness of the institutional duplicity of Hoover s FBI and a fine ear for dialogue' Daily Mail'The ghosts of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler loom large here, as do the classic films Chinatown and Casablanca, lending Rosenheim s prose a velvety texture' Kirkus Reviews'The prose is taut and muscular, masculine even. It holds your attention and it's easy to turn the page' Oxford Mail'Great series; well worth reading' 5-star reader review