{"product_id":"codename-istanbul-lysander-kress-9798198309548","title":"Codename Istanbul: A WWII Historical Espionage Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIstanbul, spring 1939. The war Berlin has been preparing for has not yet begun.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Foreign Office sends Charles Eddington - twelve years a diplomat, twelve months since the failure in Jerusalem - to persuade the émigré scholar Avram Stern to authenticate a set of ancient prophetic photographs. The brief is patient cultivation. The deadline is sixty days. The mission, Charles will discover, is not what it appears to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour months in, reading his own consulate's cable file, Charles finds the operation he is actually running. He is not its principal. He is its surface - the visible British attempt, designed to be seen and to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time the German army crosses the Polish border in September, Charles will have to choose between the role London has written for him and the work the role has made possible. The choice will cost him every relationship he has earned in the city, and the cost will be paid in installments he cannot foresee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary historical-espionage novel in the tradition of Alan Furst and Eric Ambler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook 2 of The Eddington Files.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lysander Kress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198309548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Lysander Kress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084202713343,"sku":"9798198309548","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/codename-istanbul-lysander-kress-9798198309548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}