{"product_id":"books-the-fifth-column-by-andrew-gross","title":"The Fifth Column","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Andrew Gross comes a thrilling tale about a family--and a Country--torn apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFebruary, 1939.\u003c\/b\u003e Europe is on the brink of war. In New York City, thousands of Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a hate-filled rally. A handful of blocks away, Charles Mossman is in a bar, reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charles takes a swing at one--with tragic results. A torrent of unintended consequences follows, and Charles goes to prison.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Powerful...ambitious...heroic.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two years later, America wrestles with whether to enter the war. Charles, now free, is wary of his estranged wife and daughter's neighbors in the city's German-immigrant community of Yorkville, where support for Hitler is common. Trudi and Willi Bauer seem like a kindly Swiss couple. But as the threat of war grows, so do fears of a \"fifth column,\" a group of German spies embedded into everyday American life. Are the Bauers part of a sinister conspiracy? When Pearl Harbor is attacked--and the country can no longer sit on the sidelines--Charles will do whatever it takes to root out an unknown enemy, and protect his family...or die trying.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"S\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ekillfully blends thriller, espionage, and historical fiction into a page-turning novel that will keep you in suspense right up until the very last page.\"--\u003ci\u003eCriminal Element\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53504534348049,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781250756015.jpg?v=1778082596","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-fifth-column-by-andrew-gross","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}