The 'Master of the wartime spy thriller' (FINANCIAL TIMES) returns with the gripping follow up to the bestselling A Prince and a Spy, as Tom Wilde is sent to Germany to investigate the truth behind Hitler's death . . .
Germany, late summer 1945.
The war is over but the country is in ruins. Millions of refugees and holocaust survivors strive to rebuild their lives in displaced persons camps. Millions of German soldiers and SS men are held captive in primitive conditions in open-air detention centres. Everywhere, civilians are desperate for food and shelter. No one admits to having voted Nazi, yet many are unrepentant.
Adolf Hitler is said to have killed himself in his Berlin bunker. But no body was found - and many people believe he is alive. Newspapers are full of stories reporting sightings and theories. Even Stalin, whose own troops captured the bunker, has told President Truman he believes the former Führer is not dead. Day by day, American and British intelligence officers subject senior members of the Nazi regime to gruelling interrogation in their quest for their truth.
Enter Tom Wilde - the Cambridge professor and spy sent in to find out the truth...
In the gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must unravel a dangerous mystery that goes all the way to the heart of the Third Reich - and the British Monarchy.
'Master of the wartime spy thriller' - FINANCIAL TIMES
Sweden, 1942 - Two old friends meet. They are cousins. One is Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of the King of England. The other is Prince Philipp von Hesse, a committed Nazi and close friend of Adolf Hitler.
Days later, the Prince George is killed in a plane crash in the north of Scotland. The official story is that it was an accident - but not everyone is convinced.
There is even a suggestion that the Duke's plane was sabotaged, but with no evidence, Cambridge spy Tom Wilde is sent north to discover the truth . . .
Dramatic, intelligent, and brilliantly compelling, A PRINCE AND A SPY is Rory's best WWII thriller yet - perfect for readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and Joseph Kanon.
Praise for Rory Clements:
'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times
'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express
'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian
'A dramatic, twisty thriller' Daily Mail
'A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph
1936. Mentre l'Europa è in pieno tumulto, a Berlino una giovane donna riesce a consegnare delle carte di importanza vitale a uno scienziato ebreo. Verrà però trovata morta dopo qualche settimana nella sua camera di Cambridge, con una siringa argentata stretta tra le dita. Quando anche un noto membri di un club di Londra viene orribilmente ucciso insieme a sua moglie, Thomas Wilde, un improbabile e anticonformista professore di Storia, cercherà di venire a capo dell'enigma, ritrovandosi immischiato in una storia di spionaggio che fino a quel momento aveva letto solo sui libri. Ma più Thomas Wilde investigherà a fondo, più si farà forte in lui l'ipotesi che gli omicidi siano collegati tra loro e, cosa alquanto preoccupante, abbiano a che fare con lo scandalo che ha investito Re Edoardo VIII e la sua amante Wallis Simpson. Il professor Wilde dovrà così far ricorso a tutte le sue capacità per risolvere questo rompicapo, proteggere la donna che ama, e prevenire un massacro che avrebbe potuto cambiare la storia del XX secolo.
The most anticipated spy thriller of 2020, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Corpus.
Autumn 1941. The war is going badly for Britain and its allies. If Hitler is to be stopped, a new weapon is desperately needed.
In Cambridge, professor Tom Wilde is approached by an American intelligence officer who claims to know of such a weapon - one so secret even Hitler himself isn't aware of its existence. If Wilde can smuggle the package out of Germany, the Third Reich will surely fall.
But it is only when he is deep behind enemy lines that Wilde discovers why the Nazis are so desperate to prevent the 'package' falling into Allied hands. And as ruthless killers hunt him through Europe, a treacherous question hangs over the mission: if Hitler's secret will win them the war, why is Wilde convinced it must remain hidden?
Dramatic, intelligent, and utterly compelling, Hitler's Secret is the breakout spy thriller of the year from the award-winning author of Corpus and Nucleus - perfect for readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and Joseph Kanon.
Praise for Rory Clements:
'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times
'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express
'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian
'A dramatic, twisty thriller' Daily Mail
'A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE 2018 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER, NUCLEUS.
Can a ruthless spy ring change the course of war?
In a great English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most powerful and influential figures in the land - but this is no ordinary seduction. She plans to ensure his death . . .
On holiday in France, Professor Tom Wilde discovers his brilliant student Marcus Marfield, who disappeared two years earlier to join the International Brigades in Spain, in the Le Vernet concentration camp in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Wilde secures his release just as German tanks roll into Poland.
Meanwhile, a U-boat sinks the liner Athenia in the Atlantic with many casualties, including Americans, onboard. Goebbels claims Churchill put a bomb in the ship to blame Germany and to lure America into the war.
As the various strands of an international conspiracy begin to unwind, Tom Wilde will find himself in great personal danger. For just who is Marcus Marfield? And where does his loyalty lie?
For readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and William Boyd, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - by Sunday Times bestseller and author of Corpus and Nucleus, Rory Clements.
Praise for RORY CLEMENTS
'Dramatic...pacy and assured' Daily Mail
'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times
'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express
'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian
'Sends a shiver down your spine' Daily Mail
'A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph
This ingenious debut introduces John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator, in a tale of conspiracy and murder that succeeds brilliantly as both historical fiction and crime thriller.
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