Those who enjoy spy novels will tell you that it is difficult to find a good one. Even great spy novelists can’t always deliver a good spy novel. For William Maz, his debut novel—“The Bucharest Dossier”—scheduled for release March 15, is a good spy novel. A very good spy novel. The novel is set during the Cold War, which is no surprise for the genre, but Maz delivers a nice touch by starting his story at the tail end of the Cold War—December 1989 to be exact. As communism collapses throughout Eastern Europe, Romania proves to be the last holdout. The reader is placed on the verge of the violent Christmas Revolution that results in the end of Nicolae Ceausescu’s reign. A Complex Beginning The story follows the protagonist Bill Hefflin, a young CIA analyst, primarily during this historic month in 1989. The author methodically creates a web of characters …
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