Our Friends in Berlin

Anthony Quinn author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:4th Jul '19

Should be back in stock very soon

Our Friends in Berlin cover

A captivating thriller novel set in wartime London about the dangers of deception and loyalty in love

‘A gripping espionage thriller’ Observer

London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country.

He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen, whose life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers.

‘A gripping espionage thriller’ Observer

London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight.

Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country.

He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen, whose life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers. But when Hoste pays a visit to Amy’s office, the dangerous game he is playing becomes even more lethal.

'A cracking tale of high-stakes espionage... Intensely atmospheric' Mail on Sunday

*Perfect for fans of John Le Carr
é and Charles Cumming*

[A] gripping espionage thriller... An addictive cocktail of action, romance and politics. * Observer *
Our Friends in Berlin brings to the fore all of Quinn’s talents – gripping storylines, plot twists, thorough research and elegant prose. * The Times *
A cracking taleof high-stakes espionage and poignant romance. It's elegantly observed, expertly paced and intensely atmospheric. * Mail on Sunday *
Those in search of a smart, tautly rendered, atmospheric beach read should pack a copy now. * Metro *
Our Friends in Berlin is an immensely enjoyable Buchanesque adventure... Its descriptions of London under bombardment are vividly sensuous and beautiful… Its characters are intriguing and deftly presented… Most memorably of all, though, the book and its cast are shot through with a persuasive postmodern melancholy, the hard-wired ambivalence that is very much Le Carré rather than Buchan. This sensibility allows the novel to illuminate complex times. * Guardian *
Quinn’s gripping plot about spying is matched by the evocatively gloomy atmosphere of wartime London that he conjures up. * The Times *
A wartime novel with atmospheric evocations of London in the Blitz -- Sebastian Faulks * Good Housekeeping *
Anthony Quinn's Our Friends in Berlin is set in the Blitz, and captures the horror and strange romance of blackouts, near-death experiences and not knowing who to trust. An Atmospheric thriller. * Grazia, This Winter's Must Reads *
A tightly woven spy thriller full of narrative hairpin bends and cinematic set pieces, this is so atmospheric you can almost taste the cigarettes -- Claire Allfree * Metro *
An eye for a plot, a profound gift for character and a faultless sense of period and place: Anthony Quinn was always going to write first-rate thrillers, and Our Friends in Berlin is pure pleasure. -- David Hare

ISBN: 9781784708856

Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 21mm

Weight: 256g

288 pages