# The Prodigal Spy

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- Book: [The Prodigal Spy](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-kanon/the-prodigal-spy) ([The Prodigal Spy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-kanon/the-prodigal-spy.md))
- Authors: [Joseph Kanon](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-kanon)
- Publisher: Sphere
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-5156-447-1
- Published: 2015-09-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

It is 1950 and communists are being hunted across America. When Walter Kotlar is accused of being a spy by the House Un-American Activities Committee, his young son Nick destroys a piece of evidence only he knows about. But before the hearing can conclude, Walter flees the country, leaving behind his family... and a key witness lying dead, apparently having committed suicide. Nineteen years later, Nick gets a second chance to discover the truth when a beautiful journalist brings a message from his long-lost father, and Nick follows her into Soviet-occupied Prague for a painful reunion and the discovery of a secret that changes everything. To unravel the lies Nick must return to where it all began and expose the one person who knew the truth - and who watched his family's destruction. Trust no one in this compelling, surprising thriller from the author of Leaving Berlin and The Good German.