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Every Spy a Traitor

The Double Agent Series, Book 1

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Every Spy a Traitor

By: Alex Gerlis
Narrated by: Phillipe Bosher
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 Trust no one. Suspect everyone.

It’s 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin’s Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is.

As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent ‘Archie’, and there’s a frantic search to find them. What they don’t know is that he is not the only traitor.

The life of Charles Cooper, a young British writer travelling Europe to research his novel, is about to change for ever…

The thrilling first novel in Alex Gerlis’ new Double Agent espionage series, perfect for fans of Charles Cumming and Mick Herron.©2024 Alex Gerlis (P)2024 W. F. Howes Ltd 20th Century Action & Adventure Espionage Historical Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Stalin War

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The jarring mispronunciation of Gonville and Caius might be understandable. Possible "Entre nous". But "funereal"? Adolf? This is basic stuff.

Why can't the teach pronunciation?

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Line repeats and corrections off-putting but stuck with it and worth the slog. Decent story

Good story but esiting of narration awful

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I liked this, though the reader seemed to never know where it was going and read every scenario as if it was a trap. I’m no clearer on The Annexe.

I think with clearer direction it could be a really good audiobook, but I did not know who to root for.

I found every dramatic moment, when spy’s were recruited, to be weak. Also the trap at the theatre seemed comical.

But I listened to it all and wanted to know more, even tho I lost my way.

Despite dodgy accent work, this is a fun novel.

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A really fun spy thriller, brilliantly performed. So many fantastic character voices that were fun but believable, and kept me engaged through all the twists and turns of the story.

Brilliantly narrated spy thriller

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I like Alex Gerlis’ work and I’ve read a lot worse by other authors but this felt a bit jumbled and the main character too Woosterish too care about or sympathise with.

Not my favourite Gerlis

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The book is fairly light, fun fare. The characters are not sketched in any great depth or have long qualms about the morality of their acts. Rather they push on with the action, sometimes with rather implausible motives or mistakes (though looking at real life blunders of the time such as the Venlo Incident, perhaps that is realistic...), but with therefore quite a fast pace of plot. The mix of different characters took me a while to get my head around, but then makes for a pleasingly rounded account of events, with multiple perspectives and overlapping plot strands. It all makes for a light, fun, easy to read bit of entertainment.

The audio version of the book however... The narrator I liked, with the exaggerated accents making it easier to distinguish between the different characters. The editing though has gone badly wrong, with various sentences repeated, coughs not removed and weirdly timed pauses. Sadly that makes it by far the worst put together audio book I've listened to, and that includes a Robert Harris one that was missing a few pages which contained a key plot point (!). It is so obviously poor I wonder if the publisher uploaded the wrong file by mistake?

Let's hope the publisher gets its act together soon and returns to its usual standards.

Fun plot, but awful audio book version

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Charles Cooper is a young, naive, and unsophisticated writer travelling in Europe. The recruitment of Charles Cooper to spy was rather easily done and unbelievable. The satisfactory narration is pacy and the accents comical, but believable - perhaps this was deliberate. The narration could do with a re-edit though. The storyline meanders along, and I wondered where the story is leading.
Having said that, it's a good story, a slightly amusing espionage thriller. I found the writing style similar to Eric Ambler's novels. The ordinary man is drawn into extraordinary circumstances, and ends up the unlikely hero, or in this case double agent.

Intriguing entertainment

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The most appalling pronunciation of foreign place names. That and not even knowing how to pronounce English words. Dilatory pronounced die-lay-tory. And Gonville and Caius college isn’t “kiyus” it’s “keys”

Good historical background

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I liked the description of how the characters become spies. I’m sure that although fiction it has some truth to it.

Although fiction it feels real.

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This is the sixth novel I have listened to by Alex Gerlis and it is much more disappointing to than the others. The attention to historical detail, the concept of a double agent seen from both countries point of view and the plethora of names made for a very disappointing experience. The history interfering with a relative lack of espionage.The audio was imperfect with retakes appearing in sequence. The narrator’s voice didn’t suit an espionage book, he mispronounced some names notably the French word quai, but there were others, whereas he found German names easier.

Very disappointing

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