Winter Work, Fesperman - B+

             This is one of the finest Cold War novels written since the Wall came down. The setting is Berlin in early 1990, a few months afterwards. Emil Grimm, a Stasi colonel, finds a colleague outside his dacha with a bullet in his head.  Knowing that the deceased was working on getting in touch with the Americans, Emil decides that he should follow through and seek a deal with the CIA. However, the KGB has other ideas. Emil's approach to the CIA succeeds and soon he is negotiating with them. The Soviets kill, and torture while trying to stop Emil from handing over valuable information. This book is based on true events and does a superb job of conveying the time, place, and anxieties that were a hallmark of the era.