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Every Spy a Traitor
- The Double Agent Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Phillipe Bosher
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
Trust no one. Suspect everyone.
It's 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin's Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is.
As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent ‘Archie', and there's a frantic search to find them. What they don't know is that he is not the only traitor.
The life of Charles Cooper, a young British writer travelling Europe to research his novel, is about to change forever....
The thrilling first novel in Alex Gerlis' new Double Agent espionage series, perfect for fans of Charles Cumming and Mick Herron.
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- Banjoman
- 24-10-24
Intriguing entertainment
Charles Cooper is a young, naive, and unsophisticated writer travelling in Europe. The recruitment of Charles Cooper to spy was rather easily done and unbelievable. The satisfactory narration is pacy and the accents comical, but believable - perhaps this was deliberate. The narration could do with a re-edit though. The storyline meanders along, and I wondered where the story is leading.
Having said that, it's a good story, a slightly amusing espionage thriller. I found the writing style similar to Eric Ambler's novels. The ordinary man is drawn into extraordinary circumstances, and ends up the unlikely hero, or in this case double agent.
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- Guy Mather
- 16-09-24
Why can't the teach pronunciation?
The jarring mispronunciation of Gonville and Caius might be understandable. Possible "Entre nous". But "funereal"? Adolf? This is basic stuff.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-24
Good story but esiting of narration awful
Line repeats and corrections off-putting but stuck with it and worth the slog. Decent story
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- Ash
- 13-07-24
Despite dodgy accent work, this is a fun novel.
I liked this, though the reader seemed to never know where it was going and read every scenario as if it was a trap. I’m no clearer on The Annexe.
I think with clearer direction it could be a really good audiobook, but I did not know who to root for.
I found every dramatic moment, when spy’s were recruited, to be weak. Also the trap at the theatre seemed comical.
But I listened to it all and wanted to know more, even tho I lost my way.
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- L J A Trosser
- 07-06-24
Brilliantly narrated spy thriller
A really fun spy thriller, brilliantly performed. So many fantastic character voices that were fun but believable, and kept me engaged through all the twists and turns of the story.
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- The Curator
- 29-06-24
Not my favourite Gerlis
I like Alex Gerlis’ work and I’ve read a lot worse by other authors but this felt a bit jumbled and the main character too Woosterish too care about or sympathise with.
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- Philip Kennedy
- 08-09-24
Very disappointing
This is the sixth novel I have listened to by Alex Gerlis and it is much more disappointing to than the others. The attention to historical detail, the concept of a double agent seen from both countries point of view and the plethora of names made for a very disappointing experience. The history interfering with a relative lack of espionage.The audio was imperfect with retakes appearing in sequence. The narrator’s voice didn’t suit an espionage book, he mispronounced some names notably the French word quai, but there were others, whereas he found German names easier.
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