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The Best of Our Spies
- Narrated by: Stephen Critchlow
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
France, July 1944: 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, sets off on a perilous hunt through France in search of his wife. With the help of the Resistance, he finds Nathalie, but then the bitterness of war and its insatiable appetite for revenge catch up with them in a dramatic fashion.
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- Raven Mad
- 07-07-16
Wow! What a book!
Started so I had to finish! Compulsive, Enveloping. Found myself living the life. Just brilliant!
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- Mark
- 06-03-18
A great listen
I felt the book was based upon a lot of real history from the 2nd World War which made it all the more interesting. I really enjoyed the story and thought the characters were well thought out. Excellent narration throughout.
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- Claire Maclannan
- 20-04-24
A gripping story
A gripping story of human strength and weakness in extraordinary times. The author managed to create the atmosphere of those awful days. So many horrific things went on. The author doesn’t shy away from, glorify or make it maudlin but handles them with sincerity and compassion. The characters are interesting and believable. A good ending too.
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- Purplelotus
- 11-11-18
The Best of our Spy Stories
This is a cracking read, a real page turner. Can't recommend it more highly. Maybe a little far fetched but if you want a gripping well written yarn this will do it!
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- Sarah J
- 09-03-18
Captivating
My second book from Alex Gerlis and I am already searching for my third! The tale is captivating in storyline, setting and characterisation. A totally enthralling book....highly recommended
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-03-18
Foreign names
It surely can't be difficult to find a reader who can pronounce foreign place names correctly. I wondered why Bologna had got into the story instead of Boulogne. Pronunciation of half a dozen French towns and streets was shocking to the point of making them nonsense. It's Avenue Foch as in Posh, not as in Loch!
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- Mr Crispin Binder
- 29-09-18
Good Story but Depressing
Well written story but always filled with a sense of foreboding. I really enjoyed it but nearly stopped listening several times because I always felt that it could not end well for the two main characters whom I felt great sympathy for.
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- Derek Johnson
- 18-03-21
Good but some dodgy prononciation
Of which the most striking caused me to raise an eyebrow when a member of the Resistance named “France-wah” joined the main female character in the Ladies toilet to speak secretly. How very Ally McBeal I thought until realising that the character was a “France-Wahz”.
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- sharpey
- 01-03-22
Great, well written and gripping
Great, well written and gripping just going to listen to the next one, look forward to it.
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- C B FAIRFOWL
- 15-08-24
Couldn't stop listening.
Brilliant writen, fantastic storey, lots of detail about characters without making you loose the plot, this would make a fantastic film. loved it.
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