Under Occupation

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As ever, Furst vividly evokes a sense of time and placeMail on Sunday (Must-Read Books of the Year)

Occupied Paris, 1942.
In the dark, treacherous city, the German occupying forces are everywhere-and so are French resistance fighters, working secretly to defeat Hitler.

Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo hands off a strange-looking document to the unsuspecting novelist Paul Ricard. It looks like a blueprint of a part for a military weapon - one that might have important information for the Allied forces - and Ricard realizes he must try to get it into the hands of members of the resistance network.

As he finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into anti-German efforts, Ricard travels deep into enemy territory and along the escape routes of underground resistance safe houses, spying on Nazi maneuvers. And when he meets the mysterious and beautiful Leila, a professional spy, they begin to work together to get crucial information out of France and into the hands of the Allied forces in London.

ALAN FURST - The master of the historical spy novel
Alan Furst is in a class of his ownWilliam Boyd
Furst is an addictionThe Times
If you are a John le Carre fan, this is definitely for youJames Patterson
Fursts ability to recreate the terrors of espionage is matchlessRobert Harris
Americas preeminent spy novelistNew York Times
Furst never stops astounding meTom Hanks
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