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When Spies Collide
An OSS agent, haunted by an atrocity he was forced to commit, accepts a final mission to recover material necessary for Hitler’s atomic bomb effort. Unknown to him, the operation was compromised from the very start. Allen Dulles, station chief for the OSS in Switzerland, begins an urgent search for the rogue operative within his organization. As the agent struggles behind enemy lines to fulfill his mission, he must enlist the aid of a beautiful German woman while he plays cat and mouse with a German SS General and enemies within the OSS itself.
349 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 7, 2013
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January 11, 2020
I enjoyed this book a lot!
When I started this book, it mentioned that the plot was part history, part fiction. I never heard of a plan to move Plutonium. It was very interesting and I enjoyed the way the author wrote.
When I started this book, it mentioned that the plot was part history, part fiction. I never heard of a plan to move Plutonium. It was very interesting and I enjoyed the way the author wrote.
March 13, 2014
A story that puts a real 'guy next door' into the midst of espionage during WWII.
Crossword is an intriguing espionage thriller which reminds us that heroes don't have to be macho gun-slinging dare-devils.
Crossword is a story about espionage at the end of WWII and a plot to recover lost plutonium before it falls into the hands of the wrong people. Almost immediately, the mission goes wrong and our hero(Larry) must endure physical punishment, identify friend from foe, and protect a girl that
he has fallen in love with.
What I like the most was how Alan Bricklin portrays Larry as a real 'guy next door'. Early scenes in the book take Larry back to his home for a well deserved vacation before his next mission. This is where Bricklin casts Larry as the son of a proud father in a wonderful Italian family.
It's a household full of traditional Italian values, Italian love, and Italian food. For the remainder of the story, Larry's character is firmly cemented in the reader's mind.
In an effort not to give away too much of the story, I will simply say that Bricklin pits Larry against the villain(or villains) who are not your standard goonies or even the typical James Bond type evil masterminds. The evil in this story is more realistic and feels as if Bricklin drew it right out of the history books. The villains are simply desperate Nazi's who need to escape the revenge that the oncoming Allies will surely bring. It's easy to imagine the acts of desperate Nazi's who still wield enough power to wreak havoc.
I highly recommend with 5 stars.
Crossword is an intriguing espionage thriller which reminds us that heroes don't have to be macho gun-slinging dare-devils.
Crossword is a story about espionage at the end of WWII and a plot to recover lost plutonium before it falls into the hands of the wrong people. Almost immediately, the mission goes wrong and our hero(Larry) must endure physical punishment, identify friend from foe, and protect a girl that
he has fallen in love with.
What I like the most was how Alan Bricklin portrays Larry as a real 'guy next door'. Early scenes in the book take Larry back to his home for a well deserved vacation before his next mission. This is where Bricklin casts Larry as the son of a proud father in a wonderful Italian family.
It's a household full of traditional Italian values, Italian love, and Italian food. For the remainder of the story, Larry's character is firmly cemented in the reader's mind.
In an effort not to give away too much of the story, I will simply say that Bricklin pits Larry against the villain(or villains) who are not your standard goonies or even the typical James Bond type evil masterminds. The evil in this story is more realistic and feels as if Bricklin drew it right out of the history books. The villains are simply desperate Nazi's who need to escape the revenge that the oncoming Allies will surely bring. It's easy to imagine the acts of desperate Nazi's who still wield enough power to wreak havoc.
I highly recommend with 5 stars.
April 9, 2014
An espionage thriller with enough twists and turns to keep the most enthusiastic fan page-turning.
Bicklin’s, Crosswords, is a stellar novel. Rich in detail, the book plunges the reader back in time to the closing weeks of World War II in various settings – Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy, and the American streets of Philadelphia. It is all brought to stunning life under Bicklin’s sure hand.
Point of view shifts from character to character, allowing a wide angle as the story unfolds through the many twists and turns of espionage and counter espionage, love and betrayal, lost and found people and things, all set against the shattering confusion of a war coming to an end.
Bicklin throws the reader inside the emotional landscape of war – reflected through a prism that sheds light on all sides. For the reader who is looking for a complex novel, Crosswords will not disappoint.
Bicklin’s, Crosswords, is a stellar novel. Rich in detail, the book plunges the reader back in time to the closing weeks of World War II in various settings – Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy, and the American streets of Philadelphia. It is all brought to stunning life under Bicklin’s sure hand.
Point of view shifts from character to character, allowing a wide angle as the story unfolds through the many twists and turns of espionage and counter espionage, love and betrayal, lost and found people and things, all set against the shattering confusion of a war coming to an end.
Bicklin throws the reader inside the emotional landscape of war – reflected through a prism that sheds light on all sides. For the reader who is looking for a complex novel, Crosswords will not disappoint.
February 24, 2014
This was a really great thrill ride of a read! The story was well constructed, perfectly paced, and extremely well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I did find that Mr. Bricklin was a bit verbose in that, he loves to use less well known words. I learned how to use the dictionary feature on my Kindle Paperwhite! And not that that was a bad thing either. I actually felt like, not only was I being entertained by the story, I was being educated as well!
The bottom line is that I really enjoyed reading Mr. Bricklin's book, Crossroad. I would not hesitate to read his next book.
I did find that Mr. Bricklin was a bit verbose in that, he loves to use less well known words. I learned how to use the dictionary feature on my Kindle Paperwhite! And not that that was a bad thing either. I actually felt like, not only was I being entertained by the story, I was being educated as well!
The bottom line is that I really enjoyed reading Mr. Bricklin's book, Crossroad. I would not hesitate to read his next book.
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