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    Vienna Spies
    Vienna Spies
    Vienna Spies
    Audiobook11 hours

    Vienna Spies

    Written by Alex Gerlis

    Narrated by Rupert Bush

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    With the end of the Second World War in sight, the Allies begin to divide up the spoils and it proves to be a dangerous game. The British have become aware that, contrary to what's been agreed, the Soviet Union is intent on controlling Austria once the Second World War ends. And Major Edgar is given the job of establishing an espionage unit in Vienna. He sends in a married Swiss couple-Rolf Eder and Katharina Hoch-who, in fact, have only met each other a week before their journey. Their job is to track down Austria's most respected politician-in hiding from the Nazis-and bring him over to the British cause. But the feared Soviet spy Viktor Krasotkin is already in the wartorn city, embarking on exactly the same mission.

    A taut, tense masterclass in espionage fiction from the author of The Best of Our Spies and The Swiss Spy, the new novel by Alex Gerlis takes place in a fiercely pro-Nazi city in the final months of the Second World War-a place where the Wehrmacht patrol the streets and the Gestapo rule unchecked. As the former Austrian capital faces the onslaught of the Allies from one side and the Red Army from the other, it provides an unforgettable backdrop to a chess-like game of oneupmanship and political ideology.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 20, 2018
    ISBN9781977372000
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    Alex Gerlis

    Alex Gerlis was a BBC journalist for nearly thirty years and is the author of nine Second World war espionage thrillers, all published by Canelo. His first four novels are in the acclaimed Spy Masters series, including the best-selling The Best of Our Spies which is currently being developed as a television series. Prince of Spies was published in March 2020 and was followed by three more in the Prince series. His latest series is the Wolf Pack novels, with Agent in Berlin published in November 2021, with the second in the series due to be published in July 2022. Alex was born in Lincolnshire and now lives in west London with his wife and two black cats, a breed which makes cameo appearances in all his books. Alex has two daughters and two grandsons and supports Grimsby Town, which he believes helps him cope with the highs and especially the lows of writing a novel. He’s frequently asked if he’s ever worked for an intelligence agency but always declines to answer the question in the hope that someone may believe he actually has.

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    • 3/5
      This is essentially a good thriller, with an exciting plot. A bit confusing at times though, and I was put off by the many grammatical errors in the version I read. A thorough edit would have helped!
    • 4/5
      As an espionage thriller, the characters and story were good ... even though there was some heavy duty violence (particularly towards women) ... I would still describe as gently written - there was some character development that gave clues to the humanity of the three central protagonists. As much as I liked the story, and enjoyed the characters, ultimately just found it a bit drawn out and ultimately too long.
    • 4/5
      Edgar is back (I really don't like him much) in this excellent spy novel that takes place in Vienna during the forties. Not much to say in addition to my comments about the other two books in the series (only loosely can they be called a series; only in the sense some of the characters are the same.) I hope Gerlis writes more. They are quite good.