Loose Ends: A #1 Bestseller in Biographies of EspionageIn Loose Ends, Paul Hollis—author of biographies of espionage in Cleveland—delivers a sharp Cold War thriller set in 1975 Monte Carlo. When a woman dies at his feet and a casino heist erupts beneath the city, a nameless operative is pulled into a deadly game of secrets, betrayal, and survival.

Loose Ends draws from real-world tactics and geopolitical fractures to explore the murky truths of military intelligence and spies history. Set against the volatile backdrop of Cold War Europe—where every ally has an angle and every order conceals another—Doc and Zita must navigate a dangerous world built on shifting alliances, buried secrets, and moral gray zones. As they are forced deeper into a web of surveillance, underground resistance, and covert agendas, the lines between right and wrong, duty and vengeance, begin to blur. Hollis, known for crafting immersive and psychologically rich biographies of espionage, pulls no punches in revealing the psychological toll of betrayal, exile, and survival in the shadows. Drawing on a sharp understanding of Cold War politics and clandestine operations, he places readers at the heart of a narrative where the past is a threat and the future isn’t promised. As the clock ticks and a U.S. kill team closes in, Doc and Zita must decide whom to trust—and how far they’re willing to go to stay alive. With its layered intrigue and historical realism, Loose Ends is essential reading for anyone fascinated by the dark corners of intelligence history and espionage’s human cost.