Gripping and authentic. . . A thoroughly satisfying piece of entertainment that extends a tentacle into some serious moral reflectionNEW YORK TIMESHeartrending reading. . . Buenos Aires in the 1960s, home to remnants of the Third Reich in exile, is broughtchillingly to life. . .An engrossing read Adam LeBor,FINANCIAL TIMESA heart-pounding and intelligent espionage novel about a Nazi war criminal who was supposed to be dead, the rogue CIA agent on his trail, and the beautiful woman connected to them both.Seventeen years after the fall of the Third Reich, Max Weill has never forgotten the atrocities he saw as a prisoner at Auschwitznor the face of Dr Otto Schramm, a camp doctor who worked with Mengele on appalling experiments and who sent Maxs family to the gas chambers. As the war came to a close, Schramm was one of the many high-ranking former-Nazi officers who managed to escape Germany for new lives in South America. There, leaders like Argentinas Juan Pern gave them safe harbour and new identities.With his life nearing its end, Max asks his nephew Aaron Wileyan American CIA desk analystto complete the task Max never could: to track down Otto in Argentina, capture him and bring him back to Germany to stand trial.Unable to distinguish allies from enemies, Aaron will ultimately have to discover not only Otto, but the boundaries of his own personal morality, how far he is prepared to go to render justice.Praise forThe Accomplice’Joseph Kanon is on adventurous form in his ninth novelThe Times’Kanon ratchets up both the sense of mystery and element of excitement . . . Keeps his reader hooked and tearing through the pages . . .HeraldThe Accompliceis a top-notch historical thriller that combines style, excitement and intelligent story-telling to stunning effectNB Magazine’Kanon clearly occupies the territory once so clearly staked out by Graham Greene . . . packed with atmosphere and well-developed plot’New StatesmanPraise for Joseph KanonJoseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscapeand its a joy to see him reassert his title with suchemphatic authorityLee Child’Sensational!No one writes period fiction with the same style and suspense not to mention substance as Joseph Kanon’Scott TurowKanon isfast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carr and Greene but even of OrwellNew York TimesClever, deviousand morally complexSunday TimesTheperfect combination of intrigue and accurate historybrought to lifeAlan FurstJoseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there withthe very best…of spy thriller writers…Kanonwrites beautifully, superbly…he isthe master of the shadows of the eraThe TimesThe critical stock of Joseph Kanon is high, and Defectors will add further lustre to his reputation…There arepleasing echoes hereof the entertainments ofGraham Greene’Guardian