Agent Gatz

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A young Jay Gatsby finds himself working as a foreign spy in this riveting debut novel by R.M. Spencer. Set eight years before <em>The Great Gatsby</em> at the beginning of World War I this slyly funny ingeniously plotted historical thriller enchants with its compelling cast of characters and unexpected twists and turns. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>August 1914</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Assuming a false identity Jay boards an ocean liner bound for England. But the unexpected appearance of a woman from his past soon threatens to compromise his mission.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The story alternates between the perspective of Jay Gatsby and Ella Kaye-a minor character in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Great Gatsby</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> based on the famed journalist Nellie Bly. Intent on reviving her faltering career she travels to London to report on a Women's Suffrage Conference. But when war erupts her plans shift dramatically. Racing through war-torn Europe entangled in a dangerous web of lies Jay and Ella struggle to maintain the secrets that will keep them each alive.</span></p>