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I picked this up on a charity stall, + it proved to be a cracking spy story that had me hooked to the last page. When John Craig, a yng American, bumps into a former professor in Paris, he hears a story of a nazi camp officer who everyone believed dead appearing on the same streets. When the pr is found dead, Craig is drawn into the hunt for a nazi who spied for Russia. Intricate plotting stands shoulder to shoulder with le carre, a joy of a find.

If you want a fun, fast read and are over a “certain age”, read this one! I‘m determined to keep with these ladies….

Thank heavens for Penguin books. These green paper backs keep the older crime, thriller alive and in book books.
This is set in the 60s and 70s Britain. Kept me reading. Certainly a labyrinth of a story.

Alex is a spy. He's not really good at it, but does his best. He's been run out of Austria as Hitler took it over, now he's wondering if Hitler is coming for Switzerland. He tries to do what he can to help the Czech spy network, and the French network, but the more he tries the less they take the info passed on and use it.

I really enjoyed this view of spies. No fancy weaponry, just yeoman doing what they can for their countries.

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For anyone who likes WWII novels, or spy stories, this is a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the setting, the intrigue. I learned a good bit about aspects of the war with which I was unfamiliar. A new-to-me author, I thought this was well written and definitely worth the time. Recommend.

Picture has nothing to do with the book; we visited a nature preserve the other day.

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It took me longer to get into the 3rd book in the Loyal League series than any of the others. Janeta's perspective was hard to read, as a mixed race Cuban woman initially spying for the Confederecy who didn't understand the horrific system she was helping to perpetuate while also falling victim to. That said, her journey was handled with thoughtfulness and honesty that I think is important to show, and I was eventually fully swept up in the story.

A recently escaped counter-intelligence operative for the Union and a botanist helping him hide right under the noses of the Sons of the Confederacy fall for each other despite the danger in the second book of Alyssa Cole's Loyal League series. This was my favorite of the series. I loved Marlie and Ewan so much.

I read all these in the last few months. #sundayfunday fascism = not very fun