Raymond J. Batvinis is an author, lecturer, historian, retired FBI agent and former Professional Lecturer at The George Washington University. He holds a doctorate from The Catholic University of America and is the author of two previous books on the history of the FBI’s counterintelligence program.

Raymond J. Batvinis is one of our great authorities on American counterintelligence. But he is not merely a scholar. He is himself a former FBI Special Agent, a gifted investigator who learned how spies operate by catching them. With his new book, Agent Link, he has brought to light an espionage tale that has been unjustly forgotten. William Weisband was a roguish American who became perhaps the most valuable double agent ever to work in the service of the KGB. Batvinis lays out the full story in all its noirish glory, presenting the reader with a gripping narrative full of character and incident. Hollywood, are you listening?

• AcknowledgementsReader’s NotePrologueChapter 1: LiesChapter 2: HotelsChapter 3: Double LivesChapter 4: A Washington CommitteeChapter 5: ZeroChapter 6: Radio SchoolChapter 7: PollockChapter 8: FailureChapter 9: BlerioChapter 10: Brooks and WernerChapter 11: Coos CountyChapter 12: Needle and LinkChapter 13: SoldierChapter 14: FarmChapter 15: ETOChapter 16: RendezvousChapter 17: Arlington HallChapter 18: Settling InChapter 19: DisasterChapter 20: Disaster Times Two Chapter 21: Top-Secret CreamChapter 22: Charter MemberChapter 23: MabelChapter 24: Jimmy’s PlaceChapter 25: Top Secret GlintChapter 26: Big StuffChapter 27: The Jewels in the AmberChapter 28: Strange OdysseyChapter 29: Vladimir ArrivesChapter 30: CatastropheChapter 31: ReckoningChapter 32: Face OffChapter 33: FlightChapter 34: AftermathChapter 35: EndgameChapter 36: EpilogueBibliography

Raymond J. Batvinis is an author, lecturer, historian, retired FBI agent and former Professional Lecturer at The George Washington University. He holds a doctorate from The Catholic University of America and is the author of two previous books on the history of the FBI’s counterintelligence program.

Raymond J. Batvinis is one of our great authorities on American counterintelligence. But he is not merely a scholar. He is himself a former FBI Special Agent, a gifted investigator who learned how spies operate by catching them. With his new book, Agent Link, he has brought to light an espionage tale that has been unjustly forgotten. William Weisband was a roguish American who became perhaps the most valuable double agent ever to work in the service of the KGB. Batvinis lays out the full story in all its noirish glory, presenting the reader with a gripping narrative full of character and incident. Hollywood, are you listening?

• AcknowledgementsReader’s NotePrologueChapter 1: LiesChapter 2: HotelsChapter 3: Double LivesChapter 4: A Washington CommitteeChapter 5: ZeroChapter 6: Radio SchoolChapter 7: PollockChapter 8: FailureChapter 9: BlerioChapter 10: Brooks and WernerChapter 11: Coos CountyChapter 12: Needle and LinkChapter 13: SoldierChapter 14: FarmChapter 15: ETOChapter 16: RendezvousChapter 17: Arlington HallChapter 18: Settling InChapter 19: DisasterChapter 20: Disaster Times Two Chapter 21: Top-Secret CreamChapter 22: Charter MemberChapter 23: MabelChapter 24: Jimmy’s PlaceChapter 25: Top Secret GlintChapter 26: Big StuffChapter 27: The Jewels in the AmberChapter 28: Strange OdysseyChapter 29: Vladimir ArrivesChapter 30: CatastropheChapter 31: ReckoningChapter 32: Face OffChapter 33: FlightChapter 34: AftermathChapter 35: EndgameChapter 36: EpilogueBibliography