City of Traitors - Alex Gerlis

'Pulse-racingly brilliant' Daily Mirror 'Gerlis is the maestro of multiple story strands woven together' Daily Express'Gerlis’s... enthusiasm for the period is infectious and this is becoming a classy portrait of the Soviet penetration of Britain’s establishment' The Times'Gerlis skilfully evokes both the era’s high politics and a world of everyday encounters threaded with mortal danger' Financial TimesAs the end of the Second World War in Europe looms, a new conflict is in its early stages: who will control Europe when the war ends?Soviet double-agent 'Archie' is now a British diplomat in the United States, feeding information on the Special Relationship back to Moscow Centre. Meanwhile, erstwhile Soviet agent 'Bertie' – Charles Cooper – is sent on a perilous mission to Italy before being drawn towards Berlin as the Allies draw near their goal.As the Red Army draws in on Berlin from the east, the British and Americans from the West, the heart of the Reich trembles beneath bombardment and the pitiless tracks of tanks. The stage is set for a climactic showdown, and the traitors become more central than ever...The gripping third novel in Alex Gerlis' epic Double Agent series.Praise for Alex Gerlis‘One of the superstars of modern spy fiction’ Daily Express‘With this brilliant tale of a writer entangled in pre-World War II espionage, Gerlis cleverly builds an ironic and darkly realistic world that shows just how nebulous is the border between good and evil, observ
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