The Accidental Agent
by Andrew Rosenheim ’72
The Overlook Press, July 2016
The conclusion to the Jimmy Nessheim trilogy, by Andrew Rosenheim ’72, The Accidental Agent is set in the fall of 1942. In the midst of war, special agent Jimmy Nessheim has asked for extended leave from the FBI to study law at the University of Chicago. But at the university, under the stands at Staff Field, renowned scientist Enrico Fermi is beginning work on what will become known as the Manhattan Project, research that could not only change the course of the war, but change the face of war itself. Drawn into a web of international intrigue, Nessheim faces his most deadly threat yet. Andrew Rosenheim is the author of Fear Itself and The Little Tokyo Informant.