Spies of the Balkans: A Novel
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299090477 (1299090478)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
World War II,
Greece,
Suspense
Series: Night Soldiers (#11)
SYNOPSISSalonika, 1940. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers. Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high an...
Shshshshsh. Don’t tell anyone. It is 1939. In the strategic Greek port city of Salonika, rumblings of war can be heard as Nazi Germany gains allies by threat and force. People wonder only when the invasion will come. Costa Zinnis is the head of a special political branch of the police, charged with ...
Very enjoyable thriller set in WWII Salonica, Greece. Slow start, but I was sucked in very quickly, and found the main character, Costas Yannis, very believable as an everyman drawn into a world of spies and intrigue and human smuggling. For the complete review, please go here:http://www.epinions.co...
Interesting departure from his normal settings of Poland and France. Loving the historical background and it got better and better as it got nearer the German occupation.
14 years ago
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