Ss-GB
by:
Len Deighton (author)
very good story
very good story
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345304544 (0345304543)
ASIN: 0345304543
Publish date: 1982-04-12
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 375
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Crime,
World War II,
Alternate History,
Fiction
What happens when one’s commitment to their duty conflicts with the loyalty to their country? That is the dilemma facing Detective Superintendent Douglas Archer in Len Deighton’s alternate history thriller. A leading member of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad, he finds himself working for the German o...
Germany wins Word War 2. Churchill is executed, the King is held in the Tower of London.In occupied England, Detective Douglas Archer is called to investigate a murder.Lots of twists and plots within plots. The various branches of the Nazi regime are angling for their own power base in all the confu...
reads like Agatha Christie imagines a Great Britain under Nazi rule. in other words, a police procedural/ detective story set against a German victory over Great Britain. Overall Len Deighton's work is fairly unimpressive, although not without merit, containing twists, drama, and a measure of plausi...
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