num_pages: 252
description: A republication of a long-unavailable earlier work follows the personal vendetta of cryptographer Charlie Heller against those responsible for murdering his fiancée, an endeavor that pits him against the CIA and takes him behind the Iron Curtain. 12,500 first printing.
language: English
title: The Amateur
titlecomplete: The Amateur
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Audiobook, Espionage, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 761
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: The Overlook Press