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Kruger guards the life of a famous conductor with a shocking secret pastThe Soviet Union barely outlasts Herbie Kruger. By the time the Berlin Wall comes crashing down—and the KGB security apparatus along with it—London's shabbiest spy is living in happy retirement. Not even the prospect of wreaking havoc in a fractured Eastern Europe could lure Big Herbie back to the Secret Intelligence Service. But he's willing to accept one more assignment—not for Her Majesty, not for his country, show more but for his love of classical music. The finest conductor the world has ever seen, Louis Passau is a ninety-year-old German Jew who, rumor has it, spent World War II working for the Nazis. Kruger has just begun investigating this wild accusation when an assassin targets the maestro. To keep Passau alive while he searches for the truth, Kruger takes him into hiding—and ultimately learns that, though he may conduct like an angel, Passau has got the devil inside.. Suspense. Fiction. show less
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This is a very slow read, at least for me. It’s about the whirlwind debrief of a decades long spy. There’s plenty of implied action, but very little actual action. Don’t get me wrong, it’s interesting but not a page turner.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Herbie Kruger; Louis Passau (Packensteiner); Sophia Genna; Carlo Genna; Rita Crest; Pucky Curtiss (show all 8); Constanza Traccia; Naldo Railton
- Important places
- London, England, UK; Passau, Bavaria, Germany; New York, New York, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Hollywood, California, USA; Virginia, USA (show all 7); Captiva Island, Florida, USA
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- 79
- Popularity
- 400,158
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.88)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
