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The Nick Temple Files #1

by Jonathan Dyer

America’s intelligence gathering network is under siege at the height of the Cold War. Agents from Berlin to Istanbul are being assassinated at an alarming rate. The CIA turns to Nick Temple, a charter member of the Agency who’s been putting his life on the line for his country since his days in the OSS. Follow Nick to Russian-occupied Berlin as his action-packed secret operation unfolds. An alluring double agent, a high ranking traitor, a ruthless KGB operative, the men and women who are fighting the Cold War in virtual anonymity, and Nick Temple play a deadly high-stakes game of intrigue and betrayal. Will the country Nick defends leave him in the hands of the KGB?

226 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Garrett Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good story, but a little too long.

Nick and his two companions go to a great deal of trouble to figure out who is killing C I A people all over the world and then get rid of them.

[John L. McCormack]

A fast-paced thriller set mainly in Cold War Berlin, a period and place this author got to know at first-hand.

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly decent spy novel. Set during the Cold War, American operatives are being assassinated, and the usual, soul weary agent has to stop the killings. Of course, a beautiful double agent, the reason the guy is so soul weary, is involved.

Not bad, but no real surprises, either.