The Accidental Agent, Andrew Rosenheim
The Accidental Agent, Andrew Rosenheim
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The Accidental Agent
A Jimmy Nessheim Novel

Author: Andrew Rosenheim

Narrator: Tristan Morris

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2016


Synopsis

The spellbinding conclusion to the Jimmy Nessheim trilogy, by the author of Fear Itself

Fall, 1942. In the midst of war, Special Agent Jimmy Nessheim has asked for extended leave from the FBI. Becoming a law student at the University of Chicago seems like the perfect way to re-enter normal civilian life.   
 
But the University of Chicago is home to more than an erstwhile FBI agent. Deep under the stands at Staff Field, renowned scientist Enrico Fermi is beginning work on what will become known as the Manhattan Project, research that could not only change the course of the war, but change the face of war itself.    

Perfectly placed to assist, Nessheim is persuaded by his superiors to return to duty to guard this precious research. Soon he begins to suspect a Nazi infiltrator has gained access to the project, and he must track down the traitor. Almost simultaneously, Nessheim's old flame Madison, an heiress with left-wing sympathies, finds him in Chicago. But is her reappearance a coincidence?    

Drawn once again into a web of international intrigue, Nessheim faces his most deadly threat yet.

About The Author

Andrew Rosenheim is the author of Fear Itself and The Little Tokyo Informant, also available from Overlook. He grew up in Chicago and in a small town in Michigan, and then went on to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977. For many years he worked for Penguin Books and Oxford University Press. He is now a full-time writer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn

This book was a nice read. It maybe didn't keep me on the edge of my seat all the time but it did keep my interest......more

Goodreads review by James

I still read this to the end, but it somehow managed to combine a fairly spread out timeline with a frustratingly slow pace. Obviously it was a spy novel and not action, but I don't think that cuts it. Until I had got about 70 pages in I was also unaware that this was the third in the series, the tit......more

Goodreads review by Eric

This is a completely new author for me but I rather enjoyed the book . It felt like a 1940's film - noir movie ( which I often watch ) . Even the story was rather colourless , but not to its detriment . It's basically about a possible nazi spy infiltrating the Manhatten Project , with the hero split......more