About this title: During an air raid blackout in World War II London, Detective Sergeant Frederick Troy must investigate the dismemberment of German refugee scientists, who are brought in by MI5 to infliltrate the Nazi atomic program. In addition, Troy becomes embroiled in the new US secret agency, the OSS, and--not one, but two--femmes fatales.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140240818ISBN:0140240810
Description: Good. 0140240810 Previously read trade paperback book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, may have worn or bent corners, s...03336597 _ read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2002-12-31
ISBN-13:9780142002766ISBN:0142002763
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Description: Good. 0140240810 18769 PB: spine smooth, text clean w/blank sticker on title page, cover has light shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS mediamail delivery. wt1lbpf. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Orion
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781857973556ISBN:1857973550
Description: Good. Cover has bumping, chips, creases, scuffs, residue, marks, wrinkled spine-Edgewear-Marks on edge-Bumping pgs-Marks on pgs-POS on FFEP-Sticker on FPD-Cocked. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140240818ISBN:0140240810
Description: Very Good. Size: 7 x 5 x 1 inches; Just out in paperback, this terrific thriller by a British filmmaker begins in WWII London, where a well-connected young police officer named Frederick Troy tries to find out why scientists working on a secret project are disappearing and dying. Their fate has something to do with one of the nastier villains in recent fiction, a rogue American OSS agent, but it isn't until the war is over that Troy discovers the truth in ruined Berlin. read more
"Nice detective/spy mystery/adventure that plops you down into WW2 London, 1944. Entertaining, if a bit too much of the poor detective getting his head bashed into unconsciousness (happens four times). The psychopath was an interesting character, although some psychological explanation would have been nice. But the novel was suspenseful and involving."
"This is a combination thriller/whodunit. I give it a high rating, but with these cautions: You must be willing to suspend your belief and set aside some or all of what you already "know" about London during WWII. You may never be able to make a strong identification with Police Sergeant Frederick Troy. You must not mind that Troy has more lives than a Manx Cat. You have to have a tolerance for a high ratio of British style vs. substance. You will not be able to figure this one out or follow some of the plot twists. You will be surprised at the ending and where the author chooses to end the book."
"I love books set before and during WWII and I wanted to love this one. But though I did like it, I didn't LOVE it. Normally I tear through books. This one I read slowly, in installments and felt no compunction to continue to read and read and read."
"Set towards the end of WWII in London, with a Scotland Yard Inspector, it was quite an enjoyable read. I almost read this straight through without putting it down, but didn't quite make it. It had quite a few twists which kept me guessing."
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