Hitler's Secret: The Sunday Times bestselling spy thriller

Novel by Rory Clements

Blurb

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.

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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

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liccyh

Liccyh

I really wanted to enjoy this book as I really liked the cover and blurb. I have just had to conclude, though, that it really wasn’t for me at all. Perhaps it was because this is the fourth in a series of books so I wasn’t able to appreciate all the back story and understand all the complex relationships etc. It’s a boy’s own style story of spies and secret agents (rather than the literal battle fields) that follows a Cambridge professor as he accepts a top secret mission to rescue a parcel that might just bring peace. I was able to guess the ‘secret’ pretty quickly, but carried on reading till the end, just I absolutely appreciate that the levels of historical research are impressive as the book evokes much of the horror of Hitler’s regime, complete with its toxic internal rivalries, effectively. It just didn't grip me.

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