A Spy in the Family
David Gardner, Paul Henderson

In Lying Eyes: The Spy Who Broke a Mother’s Heart, investigative journalists Paul Henderson and David Gardner reveal the incredible untold story of the mother who lost her son twice. They reveal:

-          Johanna’s part Jewish father was a Nazi collaborator who was jailed for fraternizing with the Gestapo, according to transcripts of his arrest and interrogation.

-          The DNA breakthrough that exposed the shocking truth that a Czech spy had stolen the identity of Johanna’s abandoned son.

-          How the authors helped Johanna, now 99, find her real son, who is now married with children and grandchildren and living close to the orphanage in Bohemia where she left him in 1945.

-          Iron Curtain secrets from 10,800 pages from the spy’s personal Czech intelligence files, including directives about girlfriends, espionage targets and how to treat Johanna.

-          Why Britain’s first female head of MI5 dressed up in a fake wig and disguise to give evidence at the Old Bailey.

-          The real identity of the agent - Vaclav Jelinek - who was freed from prison and sent back to Prague in a deal struck with the British government by the Czechs who considered him an embarrassment after the fall of the Berlin Wall.