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Joseph Kanon (born 1946) is an American author, best known for thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II. Early life In 1946, Kanon was born in Pennsylvania, U.S. Education Kanon studied at Harvard University, and at Trinity College in Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he published his first stories in The Atlantic Monthly. Career Kanon was the editor in chief, CEO, and president of the publishing houses Houghton Mifflin and E. P. Dutton in New York. Kanon began his writing career in 1995. His first novel, Los Alamos (1997), became a bestseller and received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1998. Further novels followed, including The Prodigal Spy, The Good German and Alibi. His stories are set in the period between World War II and 1950, and he has often used a real event, such as the Potsdam Conference or the Manhattan Project, as the background for a murder case. His novels are critically acclaimed, and reviewers from the Boston Globe and The New York Times have compared his work with the novels of Graham Greene and John le Carré. A film based on The Good German was produced in 2006, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Istanbul Passage is a spy thriller set in that city in 1945. Leaving Berlin (2015) concerns an American expatriate who becomes an unwilling double agent of the American and East German intelligence services during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949. Personal life Kanon is married to Robin Straus, a literary agent. They reside in New York City, New York. Works Los Alamos (1997) The Prodigal Spy (1998) The Good German (2001) Alibi (2005) Stardust (2009) Istanbul Passage (2012) Leaving Berlin (2014) Defectors (2017) The Accomplice (2019) The Berlin Exchange (2022) References External links Official website MacMillan webpage Interview with Joseph Kanon. Discover the Joseph Kanon popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joseph Kanon books.
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The Angels of Venice
Philip Gwynne Jones'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling 'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an a...
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Red Sparrow
Jason MatthewsNow a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton! From the New York Times bestselling author and veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews comes the electrifying mo...
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The Prodigal Spy
Joseph KanonIn a time of accusations, treachery and lies, some secrets were heartbreaking....Others were deadly.Once, Nick Kotlar tried to save his father. From the angry questions. From the a...
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Panic Room
Robert Goddard‘Is this his best yet?...Full of sinister menace and propulsive pace with twisty plotting’ Lee ChildWHAT REALLY LIES WITHIN?High on a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion....
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The Good Assassin
Paul Vidich“The Good Assassin opens up Hemingway’s Cuba. Possessing Alan Furst’s attention for period detail and the deft character touches of John Le Carré, Vidich has quickly carved out a p...
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Stark
Ben EltonStark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn. What's more, it knows the Earth is dying.Deep in Western Australia wher...
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London Spy
Tom Rob SmithStarring Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Rampling and Jim Broadbent, this gripping, contemporary, emotional thriller from Tom Rob Smith, bestselling author of Child 44 and The Farm, tells t...
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Temptation
Douglas KennedyFrom the #1 internationally bestselling author of Five Days and The Blue Hour, “a racy pageturner” (London Daily Express) about a Hollywood screenwriter whose overnight success bri...
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The Spring of Kasper Meier
Ben FergussonFergusson has already won two awards for this gripping and atmospheric debut, a thriller set amid the rubble of a defeated Berlin in 1945...Original and highly accomplished' Sunday...
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The Venetian Legacy
Philip Gwynne Jones'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an alm...
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Los Alamos
Joseph KanonNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The suspense novel for all others to beat . . . [a] must read.”The Denver PostWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELIt is the spring of 1945, an...
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Palace of Treason
Jason MatthewsRed Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!The thrilling sequel to Red SparrowCIA insider Jason Matthews’s compulsively readable New Yor...
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The Cover Wife
Dan FespermanFrom the awardwinning author of Safe Housesan "intelligent, tense and sharply written espionage thriller” (Wall Street Journal) about a CIA agent and a young expat who find themsel...
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A Death in the Medina
James von Leyden'Clever, captivating and colourful; an absorbing thriller rich in atmosphere' Philip Gwynne Jones, author of The Venetian Game and Vengeance in VeniceDeath stalks the medina of Mar...
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The Berlin Exchange
Joseph KanonFrom “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” (The Sunday Times, London), a “heartpoundingly suspenseful” (The Washington Post) espionage thriller set at the height of th...
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The Venetian Masquerade
Philip Gwynne Jones'An irresistible concoction of crime and culture' Daily MailA game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice . . .Carnevale is in full swing, t...
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The Venetian Game
Philip Gwynne Jones'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an alm...
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Meltdown
Ben EltonFor amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenaline charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably h...
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Moskva
Jack GrimwoodLonglisted for the 2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller'Even better than Child 44' Daily Telegraph'Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exist...
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Allegiance
Kermit RooseveltA sophisticated legal thriller that plunges readers into the debate within the US government surrounding the imprisonment of thousands of JapaneseAmericans during World War II.When...
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Acts of Allegiance
Peter CunninghamFor readers of The Goldfinch and classic le Carré, a propulsive tale of espionage, betrayal, loyalty, and love, set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.Marty Ransom, son of the...
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Red Sparrow Trilogy eBook Boxed Set
Jason MatthewsRed Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!Now available in a single collection, the complete electrifying New York Times bestselling tr...
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Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat
E. Phillips OppenheimIT was a few minutes after one o'clock the busiest hour of the day at the most popular bar in London. The usual little throng of Americans, journalists, men of business and lo...
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Shanghai
Joseph KanonIn this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: preWorld War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side a...
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The Mystery at Dark Cedars
Edith LavellEdith Harper Lavell (1892?) wrote the Mary Louise Gay series (3 books); the first of which is The Mystery of Dark Cedars, based around President Roosevelt's order to prevent th...
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Vengeance in Venice
Philip Gwynne Jones'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an alm...
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Last Boat from Tangier
James von LeydenDeath stalks the streets of Tangier . . .When Detective Karim Belkacem's best friend and colleague, Abdou, goes missing during an investigation into an illegal cartel, Karim is sen...