by Ken Follett
appears in Historical Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Mystery & Crime.
One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin code name: "The Needle" who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life. All will c...
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appears in Historical Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Mystery & Crime.
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Consider City of Thieves by David Benioff. Recommended by 6 sources.
“City of Thieves reads like a compact survival buddy tale set during the siege of Leningrad: brisk plotting, bleak conditions, and a running thread of dark, often gallows humor as two young men hunt for a dozen eggs. Its useful part is the human-sized adventure—small missions expose moral choices under extreme scarcity. The main limitation is tonal whiplash: comic camaraderie and sudden violence can jar, frustrating readers who prefer consistently sober or documentary-style wartime fiction.”
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