The Winter Agent (Hardback)

Exhaustively researched, superbly realised, The Winter Agent is a superior SOE novel. Gareth Rubin really knows his stuff and it shows on every page Smart, stylish, meticulously researched. Rich in loyalty and double dealing, captures perfectly the horror and heroism, delivered at a cracking pace Races along, with plenty of surprises Brilliant. Blends meticulously researched history with a plot of double-crossing and deception Gripping . . . For someone with a keen interest in history, as well as a love of a well-written thriller, this book provides perfect escapism Praise for Liberation Square Far more than an intellectual exercise - it is a gripping story, with heart (A) richly imagined thriller . . . Tightly plotted, tense and set in a chillingly plausible world An authentic and chilling tale An interesting take on the 'What if we'd lost World War II?' debate. A gripping and well-imagined yarn Gripping A tight and compelling thriller A twisting murder mystery combined with a chillingly plausible alternative history of a divided Cold War London. Brilliant Rubin constructs a tantalising alternative world with 1950s Britain riven apart by its own version of the Berlin Wall - and all because the D-Day landings failed. Against this dystopian nightmare, the author overlays a murder mystery that's sure to appeal to fans of SS-GB, The Man in the High Castle, and Fatherland A gripping murder mystery set in an alternative 1950s Britain. Rubin's London, split between American and Soviet zones after a disastrous World War Two, is vividly realised and his story is elegantly constructed. One not to miss In the great tradition of SS-GB and Fatherland, Rubin's alternative-1950s murder mystery takes an ingenious premise - the Americans and the Soviets have carved up Britain between them after rescuing the country from the Nazis - and makes it come alive through sheer storytelling skill