Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel

With the Cold War at its height, the capture and trial of Colonel Abel, the Soviets’ most capable and effective spy, revealed the chilling depths of the KGB’s penetration of the West.

But when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia and its CIA pilot, Gary Powers, captured, both men’s fates hung in the balance.

With East and West staring each other down across the Iron Curtain the stakes couldn’t have been higher.

And at the heart of it all, from Abel’s arrest to his exchange with Powers on Berlin’s infamous ‘Bridge of Spies’, was James B. Donovan.

Strangers on the Bridge

is the only inside account of the greatest spy story of the era and a real-life espionage classic.

Featuring a new foreword by Jason Matthews

‘As compelling as

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

except it happens to be true.’

Life

‘Enthralling.

Engrossing. Truly remarkable.’

New York Times

‘A top-notch spy thriller.’

Time