The Incidental Spy
A Novella
by Libby Fischer Hellmann
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Pub Date Jun 30 2015 | Archive Date Jun 01 2015
Description
Young Lena Bentheim is forced to flee Nazi Germany for Chicago in 1935, leaving her family and boyfriend behind. After learning English, she eventually finds a new life as a secretary in the Physics Department of the University of Chicago. She meets and marries another German refugee scientist and has a child. Then tragedy strikes, and Lena is forced to spy on the nuclear fission experiments at the U of Chicago. A novella set in the early years of the Manhattan Project, The Incidental Spy is another fascinating historical thriller by Libby Fischer Hellmann, also the author of the highly acclaimed stand-alone thrillers Set the Night on Fire, A Bitter Veil, and Havana Lost.
A Note From the Publisher
Her novels include the 4 volume Ellie Foreman series, which she describes as a cross between “Desperate Housewives” and “24,” the hard-boiled 4-volume Georgia Davis PI series, and several stand-alone novels that Libby calls her “revolution trilogy:” SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE, A BITTER VEIL, and HAVANA LOST. Her short stories have been published in a dozen anthologies, the Saturday Evening Post, and Ed Gorman’s “25 Criminally Good Short Stories” collection.
Advance Praise
Awards and Nominations For Books by Libby Fischer Hellmann
An Eye For Murder
Anthony nomination, Best First
Winner, Best First, Readers Choice Awards (Love is Murder conference)
A Picture of Guilt
Finalist, Ben Franklin Award, Mystery/suspense
Winner, Best Traditional Mystery, Readers Choice Awards (Love is Murder conference)
A Shot to Die For
Winner, Best Traditional Mystery, Readers Choice Awards (Love is Murder conference)
House Rules (Short story in Murder in Vegas anthology)
Agatha nominee
Anthony nominee
Chicago Blues Anthology (Editor)
Stuart Kaminsky story nominated for an Edgar
Deb Brod story winner of Readers Choice Award (Love is Murder conference)
Easy Innocence
Winner, Best PI/Police Procedural, Readers Choice Award (Love is Murder conference)
Doubleback
Chosen as the “Great Lakes Great Read,” Autumn 2009 by Great Lakes Bookseller Association
Set the Night on Fire
Finalist in Foreword Magazine’s Best Suspense Novel of the year, 2010
Toxicity
Winner, Best Suspense Novel 2011 (Love is Murder conference)
A Bitter Veil
Finalist, 2012 Book of the Year, Chicago Writers Association
Winner, Best Suspense Novel 2012 (Love is Murder conference)
Havana Lost
Foreword Magazine Finalist for Best Thriller of the Year — 2013
“Notable Page-Turner,” Shelf Unbound Magazine Fiction Competition — 2014
Honorable Mention, 2014 Book of the Year, Chicago Writers Association
For Reviews, kindly refer to the Book Pages of my website, http://libbyhellmann.com
Marketing Plan
Ebook Release: Simultaneous with Print Release (End of June, 2015)
Audio Release: Summer 2016
Online marketing and promotion in planning stages but will include blog tour, advertising, and interviews
Ebook Release: Simultaneous with Print Release (End of June, 2015)
Audio Release: Summer 2016
Online marketing and promotion in planning stages but will include blog tour, advertising, and interviews
