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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well researched fictional account of British SOE agent, parachuted into occupied France to bring back a valuable German defector in 1943. The author captures well the factionalism amongst both the local Resistance groups, with different political aims, as well as amongst German organisations like the SD, Gestapo and Abwehr. The author also records well the incredible bravery of SOE wireless operators, whose life expectancy could be measured in weeks as the German direction-finders closed in on their transmissions. ( ) no reviews | add a review
'Page-turning and gritty' DAILY MAIL. It is 1943 and for agents of the Special Operations Executive, a mission to Nazi-occupied Paris is a death sentence. So why has unlikely spy Harry Mitchell volunteered to return to the city he fled two years ago? The French capital is at war with itself. Informers, gangsters, collaborators and Resistance factions are as ready to slit each other's throats as they are the Germans'. The occupiers are no better: the Gestapo and Abwehr - military intelligence - are locked in their own lethal battle for dominance. Mitchell knows the risks but he has a reason to put his life on the line: his family are still in Paris and have fallen into the hands of the Gestapo. With disaster afflicting his mission from the outset, it will take all his ingenuity to even get into the capital... unaware that every step he takes is a step closer to a trap well set and baited. 'Night Flight to Parisis everything a thriller should be: fast-paced with great characters, life or death jeopardy and nail-biting action. David Gilman delivers the goods once again. A terrific read!' MATTHEW HARFFY. 'Absolutely amazing. I'd never thought that another writer could rival Bernard Cornwell ... The level of suspense is ratcheted up to a truly brutal level' SHARON PENMAN. 'A gripping ride through a memorable period of history' WILBUR SMITH. No library descriptions found. |
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