{"product_id":"9780615643687","title":"Herald Square: A Novel of the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, September 1949.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Dennis Collins arrives at Madison Square Garden for the Friday night fights, he is on top of the world. His career as the man-about-town columnist of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e is on the upswing; his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers are contending for the pennant; and a lover who had jilted him years ago has unexpectedly agreed to drinks and dinner at the Stork Club. Collins is sure that his luck has turned for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut at the Garden his closest childhood friend, Morris Rose, approaches him for help. Rose asks Collins to safeguard microfilmed documents that he says will prove his innocence in a State Department loyalty investigation. Out of friendship, Collins reluctantly agrees to hold the microfilm for a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rose disappears from the scene, and FBI agents begin asking hard questions, Collins must solve a puzzle that somehow involves his friend, a shadowy former OSS officer, and a beautiful refugee, Karina, with a troubled past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollins discovers that both American and Soviet operatives desperately want the documents he is holding, and he is drawn into a twilight struggle between intelligence agencies that will challenge his loyalties and test his courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with historical detail, \u003cem\u003eHerald Square\u003c\/em\u003e tells a story of intrigue and deception, of ordinary people propelled into a dangerous, clandestine world where duplicity reigns and any misstep can have dire consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJefferson Flanders has been a sportswriter, columnist, editor, and publishing executive. His parents met in the newsroom of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e in the late 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Munroe Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013265932528,"sku":"9780615643687","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615643687_p0.jpg?v=1763786070","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615643687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}