The Twentieth Day of January

In this espionage thriller, SIS agent James Mackay becomes suspicious that the newly elected U.S. president may secretly be under Soviet influence, especially after discovering his press secretary's radical past and KGB connections. As witnesses backing his suspicions disappear, Mackay must act quickly to uncover the truth before Inauguration Day and prevent a potential national crisis. First published in 1980, the novel is a tense, prescient tale from a master of the genre.