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The Best of Our Spies

By: Alex Gerlis
Narrated by: Stephen Critchlow
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France, July 1944: In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British special operations executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears.

In London her husband, Owen Quinn, an officer with Royal Navy Intelligence, sets off on a perilous hunt through France in search of his wife. With the help of the Resistance, he finds Nathalie, but then the bitterness of war and its insatiable appetite for revenge catch up with them in a dramatic fashion.

©2012 Alex Gerlis (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd Espionage Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Marriage Royal Navy Exciting War

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Critic reviews

"Intriguing novel full of extraordinary insights into the human stories behind the great struggle against Hitler. Fascinating read." (Gavin Esler)
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I felt the book was based upon a lot of real history from the 2nd World War which made it all the more interesting. I really enjoyed the story and thought the characters were well thought out. Excellent narration throughout.

A great listen

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A gripping story of human strength and weakness in extraordinary times. The author managed to create the atmosphere of those awful days. So many horrific things went on. The author doesn’t shy away from, glorify or make it maudlin but handles them with sincerity and compassion. The characters are interesting and believable. A good ending too.

A gripping story

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Started so I had to finish! Compulsive, Enveloping. Found myself living the life. Just brilliant!

Wow! What a book!

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Different voices of the characters which were so well articulated. The actual story was quite believable, could be a film in this !

Characters

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I am fascinated by spy stories but always from the Alied point of view. This story was different.

History revealed!!

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Where does The Best of Our Spies rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Near the top, perhaps even first.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I can't chose one individual. A range of complex characters developed through the context of the war they were part of. Very absorbing and interesting, at times unexpected.

What does Stephen Critchlow bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I found his delivery added to to the atmosphere of the book.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Don't know.

Any additional comments?

I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys plots around espionage/ Second World War themes. It is a really good listen, and I found it really drew me in to the reality of living, and working during the Second World War, the traumas and dilemmas faced by its central characters. This is a boook I will remember and well worth a listen.

A really absorbing listen

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Could not put this down. Great plot twists and turns. Sensitive handling of WW2 Camps.

Brilliant

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It surely can't be difficult to find a reader who can pronounce foreign place names correctly. I wondered why Bologna had got into the story instead of Boulogne. Pronunciation of half a dozen French towns and streets was shocking to the point of making them nonsense. It's Avenue Foch as in Posh, not as in Loch!

Foreign names

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Well written story but always filled with a sense of foreboding. I really enjoyed it but nearly stopped listening several times because I always felt that it could not end well for the two main characters whom I felt great sympathy for.

Good Story but Depressing

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Of which the most striking caused me to raise an eyebrow when a member of the Resistance named “France-wah” joined the main female character in the Ladies toilet to speak secretly. How very Ally McBeal I thought until realising that the character was a “France-Wahz”.

Good but some dodgy prononciation

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