September 1942
Without Swiss help, the Reichsbank will fail within six months.
An American airman is shot down over neutral Switzerland, with knowledge crucial to the Allied war effort.
A Russian major escapes the hell that is the Siege of Stalingrad, ordered to Bern to facilitate a Nazi-Soviet truce.
A Swiss journalist seeks evidence of her country's economic support of Nazi Germany, but ruthless men are determined to stop her.
All three will form an unlikely alliance that could alter the outcome of the negotiations between Germany and Russia.
In this rich, complex novel, based on newly declassified documents, Joel Ross takes you on a breathtaking chase through World War II Europe, where everyone's motives are suspect-and nobody is neutral.
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“Nicely written, with engaging characters, a plot that’s hard to tear yourself away from, and the kind of sharp historical detail that makes the setting feel real.”
— Booklist
Narrator William Dufris performs Ross's latest WWII thriller with a breathless enthusiasm, making the listener alternately worry for the hero and cheer him on.
— AudioFile“Thriller readers who enjoy looking at WWII from a fresh perspective will be particularly rewarded.”
— Publishers Weekly" This was an okay book. The story slowed a bit in the middle and the end was rushed. "
— Kevin, 2/8/2009Joel Ross studied history at Hampshire College and taught English abroad for a short time before writing Double Cross Blind, his first novel. His father served in WWII, along with all five of his uncles, and their stories provided some of the background for the book. Currently, Ross lives in Maine with his wife.
William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.