Nightfall Berlin

Name: Nightfall Berlin
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Jack Grimwood
ISBN: 9781405939010

Author: Jack Grimwood

Series: Tom Fox Trilogy #2

Narrator: Daniel Weyman

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 05/17/2018

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Espionage

Synopsis

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Nightfall Berlin by Jack Grimwood, read by Daniel Weyman.

In 1986, news that East-West nuclear-arms negotiations are taking place lead many to believe the Cold War may finally be thawing.

For British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox, however, it is business as usual.

Ordered to arrange the smooth repatriation of a defector, Fox is smuggled into East Berlin. But it soon becomes clear that there is more to this than an old man wishing to return home to die - a fact cruelly confirmed when Fox's mission is fatally compromised.

Trapped in East Berlin, hunted by an army of Stasi agents and wanted for murder by those on both sides of the Wall, Fox must somehow elude capture and get out alive.

But to do so he must discover who sabotaged his mission and why...

About Jack Grimwood

Jack Grimwood, also known as Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain, and Scandinavia. Apart from novels, he writes for national newspapers including the Times, Telegraph, Independent, and Guardian. Jon is two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, with Felaheen, and End of the World Blues. His literary novel The Last Banquet was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. Moskva is his first thriller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Raven on May 27, 2018

Since an early age I have been fascinated by spies, lies and espionage and all the cloak and dagger activities of those who detect, and seek to subvert threats to national security: grey squirrel can’t fly without umbrella and all that tricksy spy-craft stuff. I was mightily impressed by Jack Grimwo......more

Goodreads review by Rowena on June 06, 2018

This is the second of Jack Grimwood’s historical espionage adventures and, yes, it does help if you have read the first one – Moskva – before sitting down with Berlin. There’s enough back-story to carry you along with this one, but you’ll appreciate the depth, nuance and complexity of the supporting......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on April 11, 2020

At the end of the war, Berlin was a mess. Children wandered the streets, people were starving, and anything could be had for a cigarette. Add to the mix thousands of soldiers, all of them bored, and you have a recipe for depredation. "‘The ruins turned us all into rats … The self can be pretty vile......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 09, 2018

There's little I enjoy more than a good Cold War thriller and Nightfall Berlin is excellent! Major Tom Fox is such an intriguing, beautifully drawn character while the plot is clever, involved and gripping. I've now bought Moksva, the first in the series, and I'm looking forward to reading that soon......more

Goodreads review by Rosie on July 31, 2018

4.5 stars Nightfall Berlin is a cold war thriller. It opens in 1972 with an assassination in the Lake District. Next the timeline moves to 1986. Major Tom Fox, an undercover military intelligence officer, is holidaying with his family in the Caribbean. But it ends abruptly when Tom is called back to w......more

Quotes

A fine book this, for those who enjoy vintage Le Carre Ian Rankin

Moskva was one of the most impressive spy thrillers of 2016 . . . Nightfall Berlin is even better. Grimwood's portrayal of dark and frightening East Berlin is excellent and he is skilful at describing the politics of espionage The Times

A gripping Cold War tale that manages to be original as well as give a nod to classic John Le Carre The Sun

The atmosphere and tension perfectly pitched this excellent Cold War thriller with memorable well-drawn characters is compulsive reading Choice Magazine

A twisty tale of Cold War conflict, which sees tormented intelligence officer Tom Fox caught up in a dark story of establishment lies and long-buried secrets The Independent

A book that pulls you in, teaches you something and gives you a protagonist you can't get enough of ... If you liked Ian McEwan's The Innocent, you'll love this evocation of Berlin at the other end of the Cold War The Pool

The new Le Carre . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

Nightfall Berlin is just fabulous. So atmospheric, so elegantly written. The character, Major Tom Fox is intriguing... like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carre. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally.

A gripping Cold War thriller where life hangs by a thread. Dark secrets from the lawless rubble of WW2 threaten world peace and the family of British spy Tom Fox. After the success of Moskva, Grimwood works his magic on the grey but edgy streets of East Berlin. A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted.

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