The Bucharest Dossier
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Publisher Description
CIA agent Bill Hefflin is back in Bucharest— immersed in a cauldron of spies and crooked politicians
The CIA is rocked to its core when a KGB defector divulges that there is a KGB mole inside the Agency. They learn that the mole' s handler is a KGB agent known as Boris. CIA analyst Bill Hefflin recognizes that name— Boris is the code name of Hefflin' s longtime KGB asset. If the defector is correct, Hefflin realizes Boris must be a triple agent, and his supposed mole has been passing false intel to Hefflin and the CIA. What' s more, this makes Hefflin the prime suspect as the KGB mole inside the Agency.
Hefflin is given a chance to prove his innocence by returning to his city of birth, Bucharest, Romania, to find Boris and track down the identity of the mole. It' s been three years since the bloody revolution, and what he finds is a cauldron of spies, crooked politicians, and a country controlled by the underground and the new oligarchs, all of whom want to find Boris. But Hefflin has a secret that no one else knows— Boris has been dead for over a year.
Perfect for fans of John le Carré and Brad Thor
While the novels in the Bill Hefflin Spy Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
The Bucharest Dossier
The Bucharest Legacy
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When CIA analyst Bill Hefflin, the hero of Maz's uneven debut, arrives in Bucharest, Romania, in fall 1989, drawn by promises of secret intelligence from the mysterious Boris, the KGB mole he runs, undercurrents of a coup are already rippling through the city. Hefflin, a native of Romania who laments the repressive state of his native country, has an ulterior motive for wanting to return: He wants to find his childhood love, Pusha, and rekindle their romance. Never trained for fieldwork, Hefflin finally meets up with Boris and gets swept into the chaotic uprising that leads to the assassination of Nicolae Ceausescu. Along the way, Hefflin's search for Pusha distracts him from his professional responsibilities, yet helps him make peace with the loneliness in his life. Maz does a good job portraying late-1980s Romania, a time of food shortages, crackdowns on all forms of dissent, and rampant government corruption, but Hefflin's constant missteps and miscalculations make it hard to take him seriously as a CIA operative who runs spies. And his romance, while poignant at times, tends to muddle the main plot. Maz shows enough talent to suggest he can do better next time.
Customer Reviews
Bucharest Dossier
What a fantastic writing.I was born in Budapest,Hungary just when WWll was ending. Lived there until the revolution of 1956/57. Had tears in my eyes during reading how communism worked and I had to live with. Fantastic book.A great truthful writing.