Richard Himmel

Cry of the Flesh Richard Himmel

A nightclub singer becomes an unwilling spy in a high-stakes, cold war plot in Richard Himmel's action-packed, espionage classic, back in print for the first time in over 60 years.

Ne'er-do-well playboy & lounge singer Buster Clayton, living in Italy on his ability to seduce wealthy women, is strong-armed by his brother, famous journalist Maxwell Payton, to help the daughter of a Russian diplomat defect with a cache of secret documents that will make an explosive story... and spark an international incident. But all is not what it seems, and soon Buster and the woman, a seductive and deadly cipher herself, are fleeing through Europe, running a gamut of sex, lies, betrayals, and certain death.

"A famous foreign correspondent with a story to get and a secret to hide, a fanatical girl communist who will stop at nothing to serve her cause, and a night club performer who gets way out of his depth add up to plenty of excitement," Oakland Tribune