The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

THE HELSINKI AFFAIR by Anna Pitoniak is an espionage thriller that begins with the disguised assassination of a US Senator on foreign soil. Reverberating through Langley, CIA stations in Europe, and between generations of the same family, the cause is partially revealed in some documents the Senator kept hidden. There appears to be a real threat to economic systems and democratic values, but family loyalty will also be tested. Amanda Cole is a relatively young and ambitious agent stationed in Rome. Her father, Charlie, currently working at Langley, has a checkered past with the agency – particularly involving his time in Helsinki when Amanda was just a child. Who should be trusted is a big question - there are spies, double agents, and maybe even double crossing double agents. The multiple time periods and multiple narrators add to the tension in this fast-paced adventure. Commenting on THE HELSINKI AFFAIR, Library Journal says, “Pitoniak does everything well in this twisty spy thriller that should please the most discriminating connoisseur of the genre.”