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Winter Work
- Narrated by: Dan Fesperman
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets up for grabs just after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
On a chilly early morning walk in Berlin, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbor, a fellow Stasi officer named Lothar, with a gunshot wound to the temple and a pistol in his right hand. Despite appearances, Emil suspects murder, and now, as East Germany disintegrates, being a Stasi colonel is more of a liability than an asset. More troubling still is that Emil and Lothar were involved in a final clandestine mission, one that has clearly turned deadly. Now Emil must finish the job alone, on uncertain ground where old alliances seem to be shifting by the day.
Meanwhile, CIA agent Claire Saylor, sent to Berlin to assist an Agency mop-up action against their collapsing East German adversaries, has just received an upgrade to her assignment. She'll be the designated contact for a high-ranking Stasi foreign intelligence officer, although details are suspiciously sketchy. When her first rendezvous goes dangerously awry, she realizes the mission is far more delicate than she was led to believe.
With the rules of the game changing fast, and as their missions intersect, Emil and Claire find themselves on unlikely common ground, fighting for their lives against a powerful enemy hiding in the shadows.
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"An entertaining thriller about a society turned upside down." (Joseph Kanon, New York Times bestselling author of The Good German)
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- J. Woods
- 13-01-23
Great spy novel
I really enjoyed this novel. I had read previous books by Dan Fesperman many years ago and was delighted to find this title.
Contrary to some reviewers I enjoyed the narration by the author. It is written in US English which jarred slightly with the setting at times.
I greatly looked forward to having time to listen!
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- dinamit
- 28-01-23
Perfect spy thriller
Wonderful spy thriller, really immersive into the atmosphere of the ending Cold War and Germany just coming to unification. The historical details are accurate and the characters are well drawn and compelling. No cheap tricks or sensationalism. Just good story and interesting characters. Great narration by the author too!
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- richiesan
- 08-11-22
Good story, terrible narrator
Why do authors think they can narrate their own books? Why don't publishers hire proper voice actors? This book is a case in point. It's a good story absolutely ruined by Dan Fesperman's narration. But don't take my word for it - listen to the sample and decide for yourself. See if you can bear listening to someone who can't even pronounce correctly the first name of their central character, let alone differentiate between speaking voices in passages of dialogue. Read this book by all means, but don't listen to it.
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