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Finisterre

Graham Hurley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:3rd Mar '22

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Operation Finisterre – a last-ditch Nazi plan to bring the allies to the negotiating table – is centre stage in Graham Hurley's blockbuster World War II thriller.

'Historical fiction of a high order' The TimesGermany, October 1944: Dozens of cities lie in ruins. Enemy armies are at the gates. For the Thousand Year Reich, time is running out. Desperate to avoid the humiliation of unconditional surrender, German intelligence launch Operation Finisterre – a last-ditch plan to enable Hitler to deny the savage logic of a war on two fronts and bluff his way to the negotiating table. Success depends on two individuals: Stefan Portisch, a German naval officer washed ashore on the coast of Spain after the loss of his U-boat, and Hector Gomez, an ex-FBI detective, planted by Director J. Edgar Hoover in the middle of the most secret place on earth: the American atomic bomb complex. Both men will find themselves fighting for survival as Operation Finisterre plays itself out. Finisterre is part of the SPOILS OF WAR Collection, a thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events of World War II. From the mind of highly acclaimed thriller author GRAHAM HURLEY, this blockbuster non-chronological collection allows the reader to explore Hurley's masterful storytelling in any order, with compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror the war that shattered the globe.

Hurley is now firmly at the top, with few rivals in this genre * Sunday Telegraph *
An accomplished author of stand-alone thrillers, and this is one of his finest. Beautifully constructed * Daily Mail *
Hurley has written a cracking thriller * The Times *
Hurley brings an almost noirlike sensibility to the surprising finale * Booklist *
An excellent writer * Sunday Express *
The plot is a marvel of efficiency * Saga Magazine *
An entertaining and engaging read * New Books Magazine *
Tense, absorbing and faultlessly plotted, this thoughtful thriller weaves it all together * Sunday Times Crime Club *

ISBN: 9781800244887

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480 pages