An Honorable Man, Paul Vidich
An Honorable Man, Paul Vidich
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An Honorable Man

Author: Paul Vidich

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2016


Synopsis

For fans of Alan Furst and John le Carré comes An Honorable Man, a chilling Cold War spy thriller set in postwar Washington, DC that Kirkus Reviews called, “noir to the bone.”

Washington DC, 1953. The Cold War is heating up; McCarthyism, in all its fear and demagoguery, is raging in the nation’s capital, and Joseph Stalin’s death has left a dangerous power vacuum in the Soviet Union.

The CIA, meanwhile, is reeling from the discovery of a double agent within their midst. Someone is selling secrets to the Soviets, compromising missions and endangering lives around the globe. The CIA director knows any news of the traitor, whose code name is Protocol, would be a national embarrassment and weaken the entire agency. He assembles an elite team to find Protocol.

George Mueller seems to be the perfect man to help the investigation: Yale-educated; extensive experience running missions in Eastern Europe; an operative so dedicated to his job that it left his marriage in tatters. Mueller, though, has secrets of his own, and as he digs deeper into the case, making contact with a Soviet agent, suspicion begins to fall on him, as well. Paranoia and fear spreads and until Protocol is found, no one can be trusted.

About Paul Vidich

Paul Vidich has had a distinguished career in music and media. Most recently, he served as Special Advisor to AOL, Inc. and was Executive Vice President at the Warner Music Group, in charge of technology and global strategy. He serves on the Board of Directors of Poets & Writers and The New School for Social Research. A founder and publisher of the Storyville App, Vidich is also an award-winning author of short fiction. He is the author of An Honorable Man and The Good Assassin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nahid

The novel engaged me from the first page and kept me interested to the end. I particularly like the characterization of the people in it.......more

A spy novel based upon a real spy! Fantastic!! Author Paul Vidich used historical information from James Speyer Kronthal’s life to write a fiction piece involving the CIA and FBI during the Cold War of the McCarthy era. This is a spy thriller that has literary legs. The main character, George Muelle......more

Goodreads review by David

I'd heard some good things about this book and looked forward to reading it. I finally got down to it on the pile and did enjoy the first part of the book it kept me reading. I liked George Mueller and how the author portrayed the real life of someone in the CIA. Made him a real person. That is the......more

Goodreads review by Brandon

Aspires to be le Carré, but never quite gets there. Some great scenes, but never resonates emotionally. The afterword, where Vidich talks about the historical incident this was inspired by, sounds fascinating and deserves a non-fiction perspective.......more