From the author of the International Bestseller The Blue Max comes a novel of nonstop suspense and extraordinary intrigue. In 1945, just after the German surrender, Major Kaufmann of G-2 Counterintelligence receives disturbing Aerial bombs are missing from Italy. German POW Airmen are being transferred to France for no obvious reason. A fleet of B17s disappear without a trace. When Kaufmann tries to follow up, his contacts are murdered before he can reach them-and then the word comes from Eisenhower's Stop Kaufmann-stop him dead. can Kaufmann evade the traitors-whoever they are-long enough to stop the world from going into a TAILSPIN? Told with all Jack Hunter's enormous narrative gifts and proven expertise in military aviation and wartime intelligence, Tailspin is a tape-turning thriller of the highest order.