The Crossing

1987, New English Library, UK hardcover edition, 224 pages. The story begins with the Russian revolution and a young English sailor who jumps ship and commits himself to the Bolshevik cause. The author weaves his novel around the 1960 real-life downing of American pilot Francis Gary Powers, who was shot down while on a spy mission over the Soviet Union. British spy catcher Joe Shapiro is involved in the hunt to track down and incriminate Russian agents known to the west. There is a "... web of lies and deception behind the exchange of spies" and secrets that must not be revealed.