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The Fifth Column

From New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross comes a thrilling tale about a family — and a Country — torn apart.

February, 1939. Europe is on the brink of war. In New York City, thousands of Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a hate-filled rally. A handful of blocks away, Charles Mossman is in a bar, reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charles takes a swing at one — with tragic results. A torrent of unintended consequences follows, and Charles goes to prison.

“Powerful…ambitious…heroic.” — Publishers Weekly

Two years later, America wrestles with whether to enter the war. Charles, now free, is wary of his estranged wife and daughter’s neighbors in the city’s German-immigrant community of Yorkville, where support for Hitler is common. Trudi and Willi Bauer seem like a kindly Swiss couple. But as the threat of war grows, so do fears of a “fifth column,” a group of German spies embedded into everyday American life. Are the Bauers part of a sinister conspiracy? When Pearl Harbor is attacked — and the country can no longer sit on the sidelines — Charles will do whatever it takes to root out an unknown enemy, and protect his family…or die trying.

"Skillfully blends thriller, espionage, and historical fiction into a page-turning novel that will keep you in suspense right up until the very last page.” — Criminal Element

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 368
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-250-75601-5
  • EAN
  • 9781250756015
  • Release date
  • 2020