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To Catch a Traitor
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To Catch a Traitor
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"The novel brims with bravado, fear, jealousy, sympathy, chicanery, cruelty, and nobility. Shuster makes the emotional life of her major characters come fully alive while she continues to ratchet up the suspense—all of this set against a vivid rendering of Moscow's material and political culture." - Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Council

Every family has its secrets. In 1980s Moscow, keeping them is a matter of survival.
As the Cold War escalates, the Soviet Union's Jewish community finds itself caught in a tug of war between their allies abroad who want to open the doors to emigration and a country that hates them but won't let them leave.
A Jew in Moscow, Sofia knows better than most how high the stakes are. Her family is among the thousands who have been watched, harassed, and hunted for their defiance of the Soviet machine. Her own husband was sentenced to five harrowing years in the gulag simply for teaching Hebrew. Sofia has dared even greater risks to help her people, and if she's caught, she won't be sent to the gulag. She'll be executed.
When her husband is released from prison six months early, she should be overjoyed, but the KGB has eyes and ears everywhere. Anyone could be an informant, even the beloved husband who has finally returned. A shell of his former self, he can't—or won't—explain his unexpected reprieve, and he's acting guilty. She suspects he's harboring dangerous secrets of his own. How can she trust him with hers?
The Americans meets Bridge of Spies in this can't-put-down Cold War story of intrigue and betrayal.
Sins of a Spy
1. To Catch a Traitor - released in August 2018
2.To Hunt a Spy - released in September 2019
"The novel brims with bravado, fear, jealousy, sympathy, chicanery, cruelty, and nobility. Shuster makes the emotional life of her major characters come fully alive while she continues to ratchet up the suspense—all of this set against a vivid rendering of Moscow's material and political culture." - Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Council

Every family has its secrets. In 1980s Moscow, keeping them is a matter of survival.
As the Cold War escalates, the Soviet Union's Jewish community finds itself caught in a tug of war between their allies abroad who want to open the doors to emigration and a country that hates them but won't let them leave.
A Jew in Moscow, Sofia knows better than most how high the stakes are. Her family is among the thousands who have been watched, harassed, and hunted for their defiance of the Soviet machine. Her own husband was sentenced to five harrowing years in the gulag simply for teaching Hebrew. Sofia has dared even greater risks to help her people, and if she's caught, she won't be sent to the gulag. She'll be executed.
When her husband is released from prison six months early, she should be overjoyed, but the KGB has eyes and ears everywhere. Anyone could be an informant, even the beloved husband who has finally returned. A shell of his former self, he can't—or won't—explain his unexpected reprieve, and he's acting guilty. She suspects he's harboring dangerous secrets of his own. How can she trust him with hers?
The Americans meets Bridge of Spies in this can't-put-down Cold War story of intrigue and betrayal.
Sins of a Spy
1. To Catch a Traitor - released in August 2018
2.To Hunt a Spy - released in September 2019
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  • D. B. Shuster is the author of the Cold War espionage and family saga series Sins of a Spy, which begins with To Catch a Traitor. The tale continues with the modern-day Russian mafia crime thriller series and family saga Kings of Brighton Beach, which fans describe as "dark," "dramatic," and "addictive": "makes Mario Puzo's Godfather look like a boy scout."
    She serves up thrills of another kind in her humorous and sexy Neurotica series, which begins with Pleasing Professor.
    By day, she is a professor of Sociology, and her research keeps her busy with facts and numbers. By night, she writes dark, twisted, sexy serial thrillers. Sometimes she sleeps. A native of Cleveland, she lives in New York with her family.
    You can learn more about D. B. at dbshuster.com.
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