Double Crossing

"A spectacular twist on the old Iron Curtain escape."-Library JournalA tightly plotted international intrigue. Russian doctor's desperate bid for freedom-a pageturner and a passionate defense of man's right to be free. "Well-crafted. I congratulate Holzer on finding her true voice the first time out."-Harry Crews "High suspense, good writing, believable characters-splendid espionage."-Mary Higgins Clark"This novel has everything going for it: devious plot, vivid and multidimensional characterizations, and judicious selectivity. Double Crossing succeeds both as dandy entertainment for the general reader and as a subtle novel of ideas. The novel's story is one man's lifelong ambition to flee the Soviet system to the West. Its theme is man's profound need for personal liberty. Ms. Holzer beautifully integrates her theme with carefully chosen and impeccably researched details."-Robert Bidinotto, Boston Herald"A masterfully written, well-crafted novel, Erika Holzer's Double Crossing is a sensitive, realistic depiction of the human condition in Soviet Russia and East Germany, played against the backdrop of man's endless quest for freedom."-Jim Finnegan, Manchester Union LeaderErika Holzer's Double Crossing is very good - superior by first-novel standards. She has something important to say, and she says it in the mode of the serious thriller. The material is carefully researched, the plotting intricate and taut."-John Dunlop, American Spectator"Double Crossing, a first-rate novel, may be read as a 'page-turner' suspense/escape story, but for lovers of serious art, it will become, as well, the kind of deeply moving experience only serious fiction can offer. That Erika Holzer imaginatively entwines suspense and seriousness is her most stunning achievement."-Alexandra York, Aristos"Once in a while a novel of comp