Island Reich
- Author Jack Grimwood
- Narrator Simon Bubb
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 27 May 2021
- Run Time 12 hours and 25 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Espionage and spy thriller, Historical adventure fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Thriller / suspense fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction.
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What to expect
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A rich, atmospheric WWII thriller from the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin
An unlikely spy.
July 1940. As Britain braces itself for invasion, ex-Tommy and safecracker Bill O'Hagan is glad to have escaped the battlefield. But when a job goes wrong, he finds himself forced to serve his country once more.
A former king.
Spurned by his government and fearing for his life, the Duke of Windsor flees to Portugal with the woman for whom he abdicated the throne, Wallis Simpson. As a web of Nazi trickery threatens to ensnare him, his fate and the fate of Britain rest on one man.
The fate of a nation in their hands.
Dropped on an occupied Channel Island without backup, Bill must crack an enemy safe and get its contents to safety. Failure will devastate any hope Britain has of winning the war.
But with the layers of deception and intrigue drawing ever more tightly around them, Bill and the Duke both learn they aren't the only players in this game. And Berlin - which has the Duke in its own sights - is plotting its greatest move yet . . .
Jack Grimwood matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill in this breath-taking WWII story of atmospheric suspense, daring espionage and political intrigue, set in the tense depths of Britain's Darkest Hour.
Praise for Jack Grimwood
'A fine book . . . for those who enjoy vintage le Carré' Ian Rankin
'Grimwood is a damned fine writer' Independent
'The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember' BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show
'A master stylist' Michael Marshall
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Critics Review
Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure – proper heroes, proper villains, royal intrigue and grounded in real history
Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill in this breath-taking WWII story of atmospheric suspense, daring espionage and political intrigue, set in the tense depths of Britain’s Darkest Hour
Triumphant… The synthesis of real and fictitious characters is handled with panache by the talented Grimwood
Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers
Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing “what if?”
Fact and fiction merge in a rip-roaring yarn. Excellent
Praise for Jack Grimwood
A fine book . . . for those who enjoy vintage le Carré
Grimwood is a damned fine writer
The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember
Spring’s best thriller
A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted
‘Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer
The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting
The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted
A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist
An intriguing thriller
Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers
Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized
An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read … escapism at its best
So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, or like early le Carre. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally
The thriller of the summer … Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale
Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent.
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