The Company named it Operation Ajax. MI6 labeled it Boot. History would call it a coup.
Walker calls it the beginning of the end.
1953. The Company is orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s elected leader—an operation cloaked in propaganda and alliances. In Rome, Walker is stationed with Leslie, former M16 and now Company agent, and tasked to coordinate efforts between the US and UK. But when resources on the ground become a liability, Walker is forced to make a difficult decision—one that threatens to unravel what’s left of his conscience.
As the coup’s first attempt crumbles and Washington grows desperate, old loyalties shift. Allen Dulles wants results. Kim Roosevelt wants glory. Darbyshire feels left out. And Walker begins to suspect he’s not there to help win the Cold War, but to prove he can stomach it.
From Missouri to Rome to the Catskills to Tehran, EYES TO DECEIT explores postwar American idealism—and the spies who find themselves too loyal, too late, to walk away clean.
For readers of le Carré, Furst, Kanon, and Vidich this is espionage at its most personal—and most perilous.
Book Details:
Genre: Literary Noir, Historical Fiction, Classic Spy Fiction Published by: Level Best Books Publication Date: November 4, 2025 Number of Pages: 212 pages, Paperback ISBN: 9798898200510, Paperback
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Author Bio:
Gabriel Valjan is the author of The Company Files, and the Shane Cleary Mysteries with Level Best Books. He has been nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Silver Falchion awards. He received the 2021 Macavity Award for Best Short Story, and the Shamus Award for Best PI in 2023. Gabriel is a member of the Historical Novel Society, ITW, MWA, and Sisters in Crime. He lives in Boston and answers to a tuxedo cat named Munchkin.
by Gabriel Valjan. This is the first book that I’ve read by this author and it won’t be my last. I absolutely love books about espionage.
This book drops us into post World War II. We see the unstableness of Iran. Walker, a CIA operative is going through some things. This was a time where alliances and loyalties were questioned.
This book is one that you will want to read in one sitting. The characters are well developed. The author has captured a turbulent time period beautifully.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Partners in Crime Book tours for allowing me to read a copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.
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