The Berlin Spies, Alex Gerlis
The Berlin Spies, Alex Gerlis
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The Berlin Spies

Author: Alex Gerlis

Narrator: Rupert Bush

Unabridged: 13 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/25/2022


Synopsis

The Second World War is coming to a close. But their fight is just beginning . . .

Berlin, 1945: A group of Nazis frantically plot the next steps for their country. SS recruits gather east of the city for an audacious yet ill-fated mission to bring about a Fourth Reich.

Three decades later, a young British diplomat in East Berlin is compromised after falling into a honey-trap. He contacts Major Edgar, a veteran British spymaster, who is drawn into an unlikely alliance with his old adversary, Viktor Krasotkin.

Soon they are plunged into a world of Nazi war criminals and double agents. With nobody to trust, they must rely on each other. But as Cold War tensions rise, the cracks begin to show.

About Alex Gerlis

Alex Gerlis is the author of the novels The Best of Our Spies and The Swiss Spy, as well as the nonfiction work The Miracle of Normandy. A former BBC journalist, he lives in West London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric_W on May 05, 2019

Alex Gerlis has become a favorite writer of mine for spy novels, one who ranks right there with LeCarre. I won't attempt to reprise the plot, which, as in all good spy novels is convoluted and opaque. It has MI6, MI5, the BfV, Stasi, KGB, the Baader-Meinhof gang, Nazis, East Berlin, and assorted emb......more

Goodreads review by Mal on January 22, 2019

When you think of espionage fiction, only a handful of names come quickly to mind. John le Carré, of course. Ian Fleming, unfortunately. You might also name Alan Furst, Joseph Kanon, possibly Charles Cumming. And if you've been reading books in the genre for a long time, as I have, you'll think of F......more

Goodreads review by David on May 27, 2019

The Berlin Spies is the third of Alex Gerlis' novels I've read. Whilst it is enjoyable with an interesting plot, it lacks the hard edge of its predecessors. The amount of time switching is at times confusing as are the proliferation of names and assumed identities. Eventually The Berlin Spies settles......more

Goodreads review by Dave Ross on February 18, 2019

A good old fashioned page turner ! I discovered Alex Gerlis about a month ago, since then I have devoured 3 of his Spy novels. As a baby boomers with a father who travelled extensively during the war I have thoroughly enjoyed these well written and researched tales of intrigue.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on May 24, 2022

Noticeably more ambitious in scope than Gerlis' other Spy/Spies books and successful for the most part. Spanning over thirty years chronologically and with a big cast, at first I found myself flicking back and forth to the list of characters handily included at the front of the book. Having read and......more