An excellent series of period spy novels comes to an end with the sixth episode. I do urge you to read them all. We are now in Europe in 1948, particularly in Berlin. John Russell, our series character, is a disillusioned communist now with an attitude of ‘a plague on both your houses’ so plays each side against the other with consummate skill. It ends as the Berlin airlift got under way and just before the Wall was erected. Only at this distance of time can one realise how dreadful it must have been to have lived through this period following as it did, the Nazi regime. A superb read.
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Masaryk Station a small number of Lovereading members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title - 'A real punchy page turner that will have you coming back for more...outstanding.' – Susan Walsh.
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Europe, 1948. The continent is once again divided: into the Communist Soviet-controlled states to the east, and the US-dominated democracies in the west.
John Russell and his old comrade-in-espionage Shchepkin need to find a way out of the dangerous, morally murky world they have both inhabited for far too long. But they can’t just walk away: if they want to escape with their lives, they must, in Shchepkin’s words, ‘uncover a secret so damaging that we could buy our safety with silence’.
In this heartstopping conclusion to the series, Downing ratchets up the suspense with a superb plot involving psychopathic mass murderers, a snuff movie that leads to the highest ranks of Soviet power, and Russell and his girlfriend’s last-ditch attempt to gain freedom.
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Masaryk Station was written by David Downing and published by Old Street Publishing
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