The atmospheric WWII thriller perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Robert Harris

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The rich, atmospheric WWII thriller from the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow's BLACKOUT 
 
'Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure - proper heroes, proper villains, royal intrigue and grounded in real history' IAN RANKIN 
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July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain - starting with the Channel Islands . . . 
 
And soldier turned safecracker Bill O'Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes, or serve his country. 
 
The mission - land on occupied Alderney, impersonate a local, steal the invasion plans, escape. He almost believes they're not lying to him. 
 
In Portugal, the former King, Edward, Duke of Windsor, receives an altogether different proposal from Germany: ease the invasion and he'll get his throne back. But Edward will not readily betray his country . . . 
 
An embittered former king. An unreformed thief. 
And a secret upon which the fates of nations lie . . . 
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'Fact and fiction merge in a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent' SUN 
 
'Triumphant . . . The synthesis of real and fictitious characters is handled with panache by the talented Grimwood' FINANCIAL TIMES 
 
'Top notch . . . the suspense never wavers' CRIMETIME 
 
'Grimwood matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill in this breath-taking WWII story of atmospheric suspense, daring espionage and political intrigue' GLASGOW LIFE 
 
 'Highly entertaining . . . There are complications, twists and turns of plot in abundance. Every bit as credible or satisfying as James Bond' SCOTSMAN

Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure - proper heroes, proper villains, royal intrigue and grounded in real history

Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill in this breath-taking WWII story of atmospheric suspense, daring espionage and political intrigue, set in the tense depths of Britain's Darkest Hour

Triumphant... The synthesis of real and fictitious characters is handled with panache by the talented Grimwood

Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers

Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing "what if?"

Fact and fiction merge in a rip-roaring yarn. Excellent

A fine book . . . for those who enjoy vintage le Carré

The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember

A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted

'Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting

The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men

Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best

So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carre. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally

The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale

Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent.

Jack Grimwood, a.k.a Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia. Apart from novels, he writes for national newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Independent and Guardian. Jon is two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, first with Felaheen, and then End of the World Blues. His literary novel, The Last Banquet, published under the name Jonathan Grimwood, was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker. Island Reich is his third thriller. 
 
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July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain - starting with the Channel Islands... 
 
 And soldier turned safecracker Bill O'Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes, or serve his country. 
 
 The mission: impersonate a local on occupied Alderney, steal the invasion plans, escape. He almost believes they're not lying. 
 
 In Portugal, former King, Edward, Duke of Windsor, receives an altogether different proposal from Germany: ease the invasion and he'll get his throne back. But Edward will not readily betray his country... 
 
 An embittered former king. An unreformed thief. 
 And a secret upon which the fates of nations lie...

Nightfall Berlin

'Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer' Independent 
 
A tense, atmospheric and breathtaking thriller that drops you deep into the icy heart of the Cold War - fans of A Gentleman in Moscow, John Le Carré and Red Sparrow will be gripped. 
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1986, the Cold War is thawing . . . 
 
But not for British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox. Smuggled into East Berlin, Fox's orders are clear: repatriate a remorseful defector. 
 
But they are less clear about what to do when his mission is compromised. 
 
Trapped in East Berlin, hunted by an army of Stasi agents and wanted for murder on both sides of the Wall, Fox must stay free and get out alive. 
 
To do both he must discover who sabotaged his mission - and why . . . 
___________ 
 
'A fine book for those who enjoy vintage Le Carré' Ian Rankin 
 
'The new Le Le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember' BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show 
 
'Thriller of the summer. A dark, twisty tale of Cold War conflict' i paper 
 
'The rejuvenation of the espionage thriller continues apace' Guardian

A fine book this, for those who enjoy vintage Le Carre

Moskva was one of the most impressive spy thrillers of 2016 . . . Nightfall Berlin is even better. Grimwood's portrayal of dark and frightening East Berlin is excellent and he is skilful at describing the politics of espionage

A gripping Cold War tale that manages to be original as well as give a nod to classic John Le Carre

The atmosphere and tension perfectly pitched this excellent Cold War thriller with memorable well-drawn characters is compulsive reading

A twisty tale of Cold War conflict, which sees tormented intelligence officer Tom Fox caught up in a dark story of establishment lies and long-buried secrets

A book that pulls you in, teaches you something and gives you a protagonist you can't get enough of ... If you liked Ian McEwan's The Innocent, you'll love this evocation of Berlin at the other end of the Cold War

The new Le Carre . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember

Nightfall Berlin is just fabulous. So atmospheric, so elegantly written. The character, Major Tom Fox is intriguing... like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carre. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally.

A gripping Cold War thriller where life hangs by a thread. Dark secrets from the lawless rubble of WW2 threaten world peace and the family of British spy Tom Fox. After the success of Moskva, Grimwood works his magic on the grey but edgy streets of East Berlin. A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted.

David Young, author of Stasi Child

Note-perfect ... Jack Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best

The rejuvenation of the espionage thriller continues apace with Nightfall Berlin

The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale of Cold War conflict

The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted

If you love thrillers Jack Grimwood is the name you need to remember...

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

Jack Grimwood, a.k.a. Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia. Apart from novels, he writes for national newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Independent and Guardian. Jon is two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, with Felaheen and then End of the World Blues. His literary novel, The Last Banquet, published under the name Jonathan Grimwood, was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker. Nightfall Berlin is his second thriller.

In 1986, news that East-West nuclear-arms negotiations are taking place lead many to believe the Cold War may finally be thawing. 
 
For British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox, however, it is business as usual. 
 
Ordered to arrange the smooth repatriation of a defector, Fox is smuggled into East Berlin. But it soon becomes clear that there is more to this than an old man wishing to return home to die - a fact cruelly confirmed when Fox's mission is fatally compromised. 
 
Trapped in East Berlin, hunted by an army of Stasi agents and wanted for murder by those on both sides of the Wall, Fox must somehow elude capture and get out alive. 
 
But to do so he must discover who sabotaged his mission and why... 
 
Nightfall Berlin is a tense, atmospheric and breathtaking thriller that drops you deep into the icy heard of the Cold War.

Moskva

*Longlisted for the 2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller* 
 
'Even better than Child 44' Daily Telegraph 
 
'Peppered with memorable characters, carved with precision, ... highly recommended' Shots Magazine 
'Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exists (Gorky Park), Moskva looks like a crazy gamble. But it's one that comes off' Sunday Times 
 
'A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . . .' 
 
January, 1986. A week after disgraced Intelligence Officer Tom Fox is stationed to Moscow the British Ambassador's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing. Fox is ordered to find her, and fast. But the last thing the Soviets want is a foreign agent snooping about on their turf. Not when a killer they can't even acknowledge let alone catch is preparing to kill again . . . 
 
A Cold War thriller haunted by an evil legacy from the Second World War, Moskva is a journey into the dark heart of another time and place. 
 
'Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers' Financial Times 
 
'A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist' Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men 
 
'A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized' Daily Telegraph

Like the city herself, Jack Grimwood's Moskva is richly layered, stylish, beautifully constructed, and full of passion beneath the chills. Part political thriller, part historical novel, part a story of personal redemptions, Moskva cements Jack Grimwood as a powerful new voice in thriller writing. Not to be missed.

Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exists (Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park), Jack Grimwood's Moskva looks like a crazy gamble. But it's one that comes off . . .

Tom Fox is well drawn, the action scenes are filled with energy and tension, but the real hero of Moskva is Russia itself, bleak, corrupt, falling apart, but with an incurable humanity

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

A first-rate thriller - Moskva grips from the very first page. Heartily recommended

Hard to know what to praise first here: the operatic sweep of this mesmerising novel; the surefooted orchestration of tension; or the vividly realised sense of time and place; all of these factors mark Jack Grimwood's Moskva out as something special in the arena of international thrillers

Memorable characters, powerful recreations of history and an unrelenting pace that will keep you breathless. A striking début in the genre.

A sublime writer . . . I felt glimmers of Le Carré shining through the prose.

Christmas Eve 1985. The shaved, blood drained body of a young man is found in Red Square; frozen solid - like marble to the touch - missing the little finger from his right hand. 
 
 A week later, Alex Marston, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the British Ambassador disappears. Army Intelligence Officer, Tom Fox, posted to Moscow following the death of his own daughter, is asked to help find her. 
 
 But as Fox's investigation drags him deeper towards the dark heart of Soviet establishment, his fears for Alex's safety grow as it looks like she could become a sadistic killer's next victim.

Jack Grimwood

If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice

So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly

This a proper page-turning high stakes thriller

Michael Marshall, author of the Straw Men

So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carré. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally

Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent

Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill

Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers

Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing "what if?"

Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

1987. High in the Soviet Arctic. A tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret… 
 
Investigating the ravages of the Chernobyl meltdown, researcher Amelia Blackburn stumbles on the evidence of another, more sinister disaster. Mother Russia will stop at nothing to keep this secret, plunging Amelia into grave danger. 
 
Major Tom Fox, British Agent must bring her to safety – and find out what really happened in the frozen North. But when his young son is led into dangers of his own in England, three lives are embroiled in the Cold War’s darkest secrets - and a plot that could echo through history…

Jack Grimwood

Praise for Arctic Sun

PRAISE FOR JACK GRIMWOOD

If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice

So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly

PRAISE FOR JACK GRIMWOOD

If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice

So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly

PRAISE FOR JACK GRIMWOOD

If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice

So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly

Books by Jack Grimwood

Series by Jack Grimwood

Tom Fox Trilogy

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