The accidental agent : a Jimmy Nessheim novel
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"First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Hutchinson."

In this gripping third book in Andrew Rosenheim's critically acclaimed Jimmy Nessheim series, the fate of America's fledgling nuclear program and the outcome of World War II itself are at stake. Fall, 1942. Special agent James Nessheim has quit the FBI and enrolled as a law student at the University of Chicago. It isn't long before his former boss, Assistant Director Harry Guttman, comes to call, determined to persuade Nessheim to accept a new and exceedingly dangerous assignment.

Fall, 1942. Special agent James Nessheim has quit the FBI and enrolled as a law student at the University of Chicago. It isn't long before his former boss, Assistant Director Harry Guttman, comes to call, determined to persuade Nessheim to accept a new and exceedingly dangerous assignment. Under the stands of the University's unused football stadium, Enrico Fermi and a team of scientists are working on a top-secret project... and the fate of America's fledgling nuclear program and the outcome of World War II itself are at stake.