The compelling drama of one man abandoned in a hostile land, with an impossible mission. It is January 1943 and, in the shabby attic of the SOE headquarters in Baker Street, an unloved department is given the most crucial task of its short existence - to redeem the whole organisation in Churchill's eyes by assassinating Adolf Hitler. Finding the right man for the mission seems increasingly impossible, until the junior officer in this tiny team himself volunteers. Dropped into Bavaria in the guise of a wounded German officer, Lusty is forced to kill a village policeman to protect his cover - thus putting a ruthless detective called Jager on his trail. After winning the confidence of Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, the assassin is getting ever closer to his target but, just as he is about to make the hit, a change in Allied policy scuppers his plans. Hunted by Jager, pursued by the Gestapo, with his escape route across the border closing, Lusty also finds himself betrayed by London...Alone in a darkening land, with every man turned against him, Lusty's fate now rests in the hands of the local woman who has fallen in love with him.
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Murray Davies is the author of two previous very successful thrillers, The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sandes and The Samson Option. He lives in Greenwich and Wiltshire.
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This is an excellent, exciting and well-crafted story, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It details an attempt by the Allies to assassinate Hitler in his residence in the Obersalzberg. The book begins with the difficulties in selecting an appropriate assassin, and then getting him into the proper shape, and getting properly informed, before parachute-dropping him behind enemy lines. There he makes the aquaintance of Ilse, who becomes at first an unwilling accomplice, and a lover. There is some excellent attention to detail, and I particularly liked Beck's fleeting but significant polite gesture on the train! The idea of infiltrating an Allied officer into Hitler's inner circle, indeed, posing as a wounded German officer, is rather intriguing. The ending of the book has already been decided by history, but I found that it's handling was perhaps a little too "soft", for want of a better word. I would have liked it developed a little more. Also, the novel takes us to some very scenic places: London, the African desert, and southern Bavaria. I found the descriptions of these places a little wanting. Otherwise, I have little to criticise in this novel, except perhaps Davies' choice of the names: Cricklemarsh, Purefoy, Nye, and Lusty! And then Jäger (read "Hunter") for one of the German characters. One wonders where he came up with them! But that's peanuts, all things considered!
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