Byline Budapest by Diane Wagner

A derring-do journalist with Radio Free Europe leaps across geographic and professional borders in Byline Budapest by Diane Wagner, a deeply compelling Cold War thriller that probes the political and social divides of that tumultuous era. In 1956, when Hungarian freedom fighters attempt to liberate their nation from Kremlin control, the Soviet Union responds violently, catching intrepid reporter Charlie Atkins in the crossfire as she chronicles history in the making. With the hint of a new Cold War peppering contemporary headlines, and cutting-edge propaganda that is even more insidious than the past, this novel is especially timely, even as historical fiction, highlighting the personal, existential, and political ties that transcend history, for a superlative historical thriller that is more relevant than ever.