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The Spies of Zurich

Author : Richard Wake

Publisher :

Page : 298 pages

File Size : 28,57 MB

Release : 2018-12-05

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ISBN : 9781790807635

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It is 1939 and Germany has invaded Poland. World War II has started but the main event is still being planned. Two questions hang over everyone: When will Hitler's army turn to the west, and will France be ready?After the fall of Austria and then Czechoslovakia, Alex Kovacs now lives in Zurich. He is a banker and he is in love - but he hasn't left the spy business behind, not completely. He and his contacts in the espionage community - and Switzerland is a hotbed of spies - think they know what is going to happen, how Hitler will invade and how he will help to fund the endeavor. The problem is that no one in authority seems to want to listen. Frustrated but also determined, Alex fights for a way to get someone to hear him.The Spies of Zurich is the second book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time of unfathomable evil where the biggest questions sometimes are forced upon the most ordinary of people, then you'll love Richard Wake's new pre-World War II thriller.Pick up The Spies of Zurich to travel along on Alex's latest adventure!



The Swiss Spy

Author : Alex Gerlis

Publisher : Canelo

Page : 506 pages

File Size : 16,31 MB

Release : 2020-03-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1788638670

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A thrilling tale based on top-secret Nazi plans to invade the Soviet Union... All spies have secrets, but Henry Hunter has more than most. After he is stopped by British Intelligence at Croydon airport on the eve of the Second World War, he discovers one more devastating than any before. From Switzerland he embarks on a series of increasingly perilous missions into Nazi Germany, all while having to cope with various identities and competing spymasters. In March, 1941, in Berlin, haunted by a dark episode from his past, he makes a fateful decision, resulting in a dramatic journey to the Swiss frontier and a shocking encounter... A pulse-pounding spy novel for the ages, perfect for fans of Robert Harris, John le Carré and Ken Follett.



Vienna at Nightfall

Author : Richard Wake

Publisher :

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 16,41 MB

Release : 2018-12-04

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ISBN : 9781790752614

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It is the late 1930s in Europe and the darkness is gathering. The Nazis are marching, both inside Austria and outside. What can one man do to make a difference?Alex Kovacs can see what's coming - he can, all of his friends can, all of Vienna can. When an opportunity presents itself, a chance to thwart the Nazi invasion of Austria, he agrees to join an espionage network that will take advantage of his regular business trips to Germany to gather secret information. But a personal tragedy soon complicates Alex's mission and entangles him with a suspicious Gestapo captain in ways that he never anticipated.Vienna at Nightfall is the first book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time where looming terror and moral ambiguity live side-by-side, then you'll love Richard Wake's new pre-World War II thriller.Pick up Vienna at Nightfall to discover this exciting new series today!



Intrigue

Author : Allan Hepburn

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 12,55 MB

Release : 2008-10-01

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0300148488

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'Intrigue' examines the tradition of the spy narrative in the 20th century, setting the historical contexts for the main themes of the genre, such as the Cambridge spy ring & the Profumo Affair. Hepburn offers a systematic theory of the conventions & attractions of espionage fiction.



The Zurich Numbers

Author : Bill Granger

Publisher : Grand Central Publishing

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 23,12 MB

Release : 2014-08-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1455530662

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They are immigrants, working in American laboratories and universities. They are Soviet spies, forced into a network of terror, with their families dangling as hostages. When Devereaux--the November Man--uncovers the brutal scheme, the forces of both East and West mark him and the woman he loves for death. From California to Chicago to Switzerland, the November Man tracks the cold-blooded mastermind who controls the numbers. In a vicious maze of power, murder, and greed, every enemy may be a friend--and every friend, a sudden traitor.



The Lyon Resistance

Author : Richard Wake

Publisher :

Page : 263 pages

File Size : 48,27 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Espionage, American

ISBN : 9781798111581

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France has been overrun and the Gestapo now controls the country with a sinister terror. The Resistance does what it can, at enormous personal risk to its members. But is it worth it?After the fall of France, Alex Kovacs and his wife, Manon, travel to her home in Lyon to continue the fight they began as espionage agents in Switzerland. Disillusioned by the leaders who ignored so many warnings and allowed France to be steamrollered by the Germans, they form a Resistance cell and sabotage the Nazis wherever they can. But the effects are fleeting even as the danger for them grows exponentially. And when that danger surrounds them, smothering them, Alex is forced to make the ultimate decision: risk everything for his family and his cause.



Between the Alps and a Hard Place

Author : Angelo M. Codevilla

Publisher : Regnery Publishing

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 20,18 MB

Release : 2000-09-01

Category : History

ISBN : 089526238X

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Switzerland's "neutrality" is fully examined and challenged in this groundbreaking study of the economics underpinning the political in that country's successful non-alignment policies.



The English Assassin

Author : Daniel Silva

Publisher : Penguin Books

Page : 407 pages

File Size : 39,29 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character)

ISBN : 9780141038988

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Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is asked to visit Zurich, to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker. But when he gets there he finds the corpse of his client in a pool of blood beneath the masterpiece, and discovers that a secret collection of priceless paintings - stolen by Nazis in the war - is missing. With the Swiss authorities trying to pin the murder on Allon and a powerful cabal determined to make sure this wartime secret remains buried, the art restorer must use all his former spy skills to find out the truth. And with an assassin that he helped to train also on the loose, Allon will need all his wits just to stay alive ......



The Best of Our Spies

Author : Alex Gerlis

Publisher : Canelo

Page : 636 pages

File Size : 24,63 MB

Release : 2020-03-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1788638662

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Ranked #41 on Spycast's list of the Top 50 Best Spy Novels, as voted for by real-life intelligence operatives. The Allies have landed, the liberation of Europe has begun. In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears. In London, her husband Owen Quinn, an officer with Royal Navy Intelligence, discovers the truth about her role in the Allies' sophisticated deception at the heart of D-Day. Appalled but determined, Quinn sets off on a perilous hunt through France in search of his wife. Aided by the Resistance in his search, he makes good progress. But, caught up by the bitterness of the war and its insatiable appetite for revenge, he risks total destruction. Based on real events of the Second World War, this is a thrilling tale of international intrigue, love, deception and espionage, perfect for fans of Robert Harris, John le Carré and Len Deighton.



Vienna Spies

Author : Alex Gerlis

Publisher : Canelo

Page : 458 pages

File Size : 26,50 MB

Release : 2020-03-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1788638689

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A new and terrifying enemy rears its head at last... 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 prior agreements, the Soviet Union is intent on controlling Austria once the war ends. Major Edgar is tasked with the job of establishing an espionage unit in Vienna to monitor the situation. He sends in two agents – Rolf Eder and Katharina Hoch – to track down Austria's most respected politician and bring him over to the British cause. But the feared Soviet spy Viktor Krasotkin is already in the war-torn city, embarking on exactly the same mission. A taut, tense masterclass in espionage fiction, perfect for fans of John le Carré, Len Deighton and Jack Higgins.