The Amateur

A spy thriller classic, now a major motion picture starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitriona Balfe, and Laurence Fishburne.

"A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len Deighton's, or le Carré's Smiley."--The New York Times Book Review

Charlie Heller is an ace cryptographer for the CIA, a quiet man in a quiet back-office job. But when his fiancée, Sarah Diamond, is murdered by terrorists at the American Embassy in West Germany and the Company refuses to pursue her killers, Heller takes matters into his own hands.

Tracking down Sarah's killers behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia, Heller becomes both the hunter and the hunted--an amateur facing off against the world's deadliest assassins and spies. But nothing will stop him from getting revenge.

Expertly plotted with shocking twists and pulse-pounding suspense, The Amateur is a sleek and stunning novel that belongs on the shelves of every espionage fan.

Author: Robert Littell
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 03/11/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.65h x 3.81w x 1.01d
ISBN13: 9781641296885
ISBN10: 1641296887
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Espionage
- Fiction | Thrillers | Historical
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical

About the Author
Robert Littell is the author of twenty-one other highly acclaimed novels, many about the Cold War and the Soviet Union, including his masterwork, New York Times bestseller The Company, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award winner for best mystery-thriller Legends. An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.