Shocking Secret

by Holly Roth

"An astonishing don’t miss it." --BOSTON GLOBE In the treacherous maze of post-war Berlin, beautiful Ellen Content mysteriously disappeared. John Terrant, her fiancee, was told by American Intelligence that she would contact him when her "job" was finished. She never did. Terrant waited. For a year-and-a-half there was no other course. Then he found one clue to Ellen's whereabouts. And after eighteen inactive months, suddenly every moment counted. Short days later, Terrant's search ended -- in a blaze of bullets! (Also published as The Content Assignment.)

Paperback

Published January 1, 1954

About the author

Holly Roth (1916-1964) was born in Chicago and grew up in Brooklyn and London, but regarded herself as a New Yorker. Her education was the product of many schools, colleges and private tutors, but she emerged with a BA. She worked as a model, then moved on to newspaper and magazine work. She was married to Joseph Franta. She died after falling off a small yacht in the Mediterranean, and her body was never recovered. She also wrote as K.G. Ballard and P.J. Merrill.

Reviews

[Matt Lemains · Rating 2 out of 5]

espionage thriller novel, where the titular shocking secret will shock you for all the wrong reasons.

listed under another title "the content assignment"