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The Berlin Spies

By: Alex Gerlis
Narrated by: Rupert Bush
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The thrilling new novel with an astonishing twist from Alex Gerlis, the acclaimed author of The Best of Our Spies, The Swiss Spy and Vienna Spies.

In the dying days of the Second World War, a group of Nazis frantically plot the next steps for their country. SS recruits gather east of Berlin to be trained for an audacious yet ill-fated mission to bring about a Fourth Reich. Three decades later, a young British diplomat in East Berlin is compromised after falling into a honey-trap. He contacts Major Edgar, a veteran British spymaster, now retired. Edgar is drawn into an unlikely alliance with an old adversary, Viktor, the veteran Russian spymaster.

Can they ever trust one another?

The pair are drawn into a world of Nazi war criminals and British sympathisers, double agents and the rise of the Baader Meinhoff - urban terrorists threatening the West German state as Cold War tensions rise.

©2018 Alex Gerlis (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Espionage Genre Fiction Military Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Exciting War

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This is the fifth book I have listened to by Alex Gerlis and as with the other four it is a great story. You have to keep your wits about you to keep up with the way the tale meanders, but it's well worth it.
One tip, although this is a stand alone book its well worth reading the previous four in order to follow the full story.

Yet another brilliant listen from Alex Gerlis.

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Alex Gerlis does it again with a Really excellent story and narration by, Rupert Bush. Probably not for you if you like a straightforward plot. There are Many characters involved and some have names, aliases and code names plus working for numerous agencies, in WWII and both sides of the “Iron Curtain”. But it all comes together nicely and makes perfect sense. A definite 5star listen.

Worthy of Le Carre

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...I absolutely adored this book, a wonderful story with believable and likeable characters, a fascinating listen with the movement between the dying Nazis and the cold war in the 70s - listen to it, it's brilliant - generally I shy away from the classic books in this genre because they tend to drag, but this is anything but, superb!

Probably the best spy book I've read in decades...

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It's a shame that the narrator spoiled what should have been an exciting yarn. He delivered every line the same, never changing pace so the action scenes were told at the same pace as the flashbacks.

it could have been a third shorter without all the repetition.

Unnecessarily long, monotone narrator

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Narrator was very good and good story kept you guessing what was happening in the next chapter

Very good story

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Very disappointed in the weak way this book finished. I've followed the 2 spymaster Edgar and Viktor for 3 books and hoped for a last meet between them at the end. feels like this book is half finished what with Richter still at large as well. very disappointed.

Weak ending

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Another good story of espionage, MI6, CIA KGB, NKVD and Nazi's. Great consistency of characters many years on from the previous three books set in WW2.

Another Good Story

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It took a little while to get into this story but once I did it was quite gripping. It's interesting and complex and feels quite authentic. The narration didn't spoil the book but it was rather pedestrian and didn't bring it to life. Overall a really good listen.

Excellent spy thriller

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I hate criticising narrators but I’m afraid the usually solid Rupert Bush wasn’t great here. I can understand not pronouncing German names and places as I’ve heard them usually done but there are several English words he mispronounced here and it was really distracting. Otherwise it was an excellent, if complex book. Not one to listen with only one ear!

Disappointed in the narration

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This moves along with pace and twists. Characters a little two dimensional but the plot glosses over this well. The women were very stereotyped in a rather crude way, and not really very important in the plot. Having said that I enjoyed the tale, although the narrator took some adjusting to with persistent emphasis on the last syllable in each word when narrating dialogue. I nearly gave up at the start, but the plot hooked me in and I was happy to have spent time with it.

Effective cold war thriller. You keep listening.

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