Joseph Kanon's 1997 debut novel is a murder mystery set inside the Manhattan Project compound at Los Alamos during the final months of World War II. A security officer investigates the death of a young scientist while the race to build the atomic bomb accelerates around him. Kanon captures the paranoia, secrecy, and moral weight of the place with real skill — the New Mexico landscape and the claustrophobic compound come alive. A smart, atmospheric thriller that works both as history and as fiction.
Los Alamos
Cold War thriller set at the birthplace of the bomb
| Author | Joseph Kanon |
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| ISBN | 0737290595 |