Yiftach Reicher Atir – författare

Soon to be the major motion picture The Operative, starring Martin Freeman and Diane Kruger.For readers of John Le Carré and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli armyOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016 After attending her father’s funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent’s assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all.   In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time.

For readers of John Le Carré and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli armyOne of The Washington Post''s 10 Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016 After attending her father’s funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent’s assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all.   In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time.

Nach der Beerdigung ihres Vaters räumt Mossad-Agentin Rachel Goldschmitt ihr Bankkonto und verschwindet spurlos. Obwohl der israelische Geheimdienst weder weiß, wo sie sich befindet noch was sie vorhat, versucht er alles, um sie ausfindig zu machen. Denn er befürchtet, sie könne dem israelischen Staat unvorhersehbaren Schaden zufügen. Es entwickelt sich eine Geschichte um Liebe, Loyalität und Wahrheit – und darum, wie sich diese zwischen der mutmaßlichen und der realen Identität einer Agentin verfangen.Yiftach Reicher Atir schöpft aus seiner eigenen Vergangenheit beim Geheimdienst und gewährt Einblick in das Gedankenleben eines Spions. Das Ergebnis ist ein psychologisch differenzierter Thriller, der zugleich den Druck und die Ungewissheit eines Lebens undercover beleuchtet.