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Our Friends in Berlin
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Our Friends in Berlin by Anthony Quinn, read by David Rintoul.
London, 1941. The city is in blackout, besieged by nightly air raids from Germany. Two strangers are about to meet. Between them they may alter the course of the war.
While the Blitz has united the nation, there is an enemy hiding in plain sight. A group of British citizens is gathering secret information to aid Hitler’s war machine. Jack Hoste has become entangled in this treachery, but he also has a particular mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country.
Hoste soon receives a promising lead. Amy Strallen, who works in a Mayfair marriage bureau, was once close to this elusive figure. Her life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers, yet when Hoste pays a visit to Amy’s office, everything changes in a heartbeat.
Breathtakingly tense and trip-wired with surprises, Our Friends in Berlin is inspired by true events. It is a story about deception and loyalty – and about people in love who watch each other as closely as spies.
‘The best spy novel set in wartime London. A masterpiece’ - Edward Wilson, author of A Very British Ending
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"The best spy novel set in wartime London. A masterpiece." (Edward Wilson, author of A Very British Ending)
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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-24
The language
Loved the story and its delivery. I found myself transported to wartime London. Really enjoyed
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- Louise
- 28-07-18
A nice read
I enjoyed this book and the narration was very good. It didn't set my world on fire but I will give the book to a friend although I wouldn't build it up.
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- Kent Bird Lover
- 20-06-19
Story a bit thin and no real ending
The story telling was good but the story seemed half finished somehow. No pay off at the end.
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- Terry Vanner
- 28-06-19
Almost Very Good!
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the narrator was excellent. However the story that had so potential failed to live up to expectations in the final chapters.
I still enjoyed it, but think what might have been!
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- Theatrebeau55
- 08-05-20
Really Enjoyed This
this is s really lovely book of espionage and double dealing and relationships. well written
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- Julian Hughes
- 09-08-20
Not very secret services...
I liked the characters and the dialogue and descriptive prose. David Rintoul's narration is excellent. But there is a huge flaw in the story. Spoiler alert! A key part of the story is the existence of Operation Fortitude, the Allied deception plan that persuaded Hitler that the D-Day landings would take place in the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy. As well as novels I've read lots of history and biographies from this period. Fortitude was possibly the most closely guarded secret of the war yet in this novel even the most lowly MI5 officer knows all about it and is happy to discuss it with just about anybody he/she feels is a decent sort who is probably on the right side. It's laughable and ridiculous. Anyway, it's still an enjoyable listen and the worst of this kind of silliness is saved until the last quarter of the book.
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- MrsO’D
- 15-09-19
Worth persevering with
After a somewhat clunky & cliched start, this book developed nicely into an entertaining tale. Good narration compensated for some of the more obvious leaps in the narrative.
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- Ash
- 03-01-20
Disappointing after the Hype but smashing narration
Incredibly unrewarding convoluted story with no heart or soul to rely on. Central characters unresolved and disappointing.
D Rintoul manages to read female character’s without patronising them and does not in fact feminise his voice at all: one of my favourite readers.
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- Judith
- 28-06-19
Marvellous Read
A story which is both exciting and detailed. I also thought it felt very authentic.
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- C. Milton
- 25-06-21
Amusing Story
This was a nice story but lacked enough depth and trailed off at the end.
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