Dateline: Rome

About the Book

1955, Rome. The war is over, but another has begun in the shadows. Spencer Greenstreet, a former OSS officer turned foreign correspondent, thought he’d left espionage behind. But when a Soviet defector is gunned down before his eyes, and Greenstreet seizes a classified file from the body, he is pulled back into a world of danger and deception. Inside lies a coded Soviet document—cryptic, urgent, and explosive. With no one else to trust, Greenstreet turns to CIA station chief Robert McKenna. Together they begin to unlock its secrets, uncovering a plot that could tip the balance of power in Europe. As the clock runs down, Greenstreet becomes the target of relentless KGB pursuit. In a city where allies wear masks and betrayal lurks in every shadow, one misstep could mean his death—and the unraveling of the West’s fragile stability. A taut blend of Cold War espionage, Vatican intrigue, and breakneck suspense, Dateline: Rome plunges readers into 1950s Rome, where the price of failure is nothing less than Europe’s future.

About the Author

John Charles Gifford earned two degrees from the University of Minnesota, served in the Peace Corps in the Republic of Liberia, and taught high school for twenty-eight years in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He currently lives and writes full-time in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.