Red Gold

Literary Movements & Periods

Author: Alan Furst

If you enjoy mysteries set against the rich background of World War II Europe (Philip Kerr’s Berlin Noir trilogy and the fine French series by J. Robert Janes are prime examples), you should also know about Alan Furst. He began by writing such excellent, original books as Dark Star and Night Soldiers, all set in Eastern Europe. The locale then moved to Paris for The World….Read More

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The story of Polish officer Captain Alexander De Milja, who is recruited into the Polish secret service just before the Germans overrun Warsaw. As the war progresses, De Milja is… Continue Reading Posted in: France, Historical German Fiction, History, Military Historical Fiction, Spy Stories

Eye of the Needle

One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin—code name: "The Needle"—who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one… Continue Reading Posted in: 1939 1945, Historical German Fiction, Historical Scottish Fiction, Secret Service, Spies, World War

Dark Star

It is 1937, and in the back alleys and glittering salons of night time Europe, war is already underway as the Soviet NKVD and the Nazi Gestapo confront each other… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical European Fiction, Historical Russian Fiction, Spy Stories

The Foreign Correspondent

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Reunion

Reunion is a little-known novel. But it is also a universal story of friendship. It is a book of great power, waiting to be discovered.,,On a grey afternoon in 1932,… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Fiction, Historical

Kingdom of Shadows

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Night Heron

Tell them, the Night Heron is hunting ...A lone man escapes a labour camp in the dead of night, fleeing across the winter desert of north-west China. Two decades earlier,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Spy Thriller, Thriller

Night Soldiers

Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical European Fiction, Historical Russian Fiction, Spy Stories, World War (1939 1945)

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