The Devil's Handshake (In the Eye of the Storm) - Softcover

Davies, Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1728817838 ISBN 13: 9781728817835

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

‘Very sturdy, very sustaining’ Literary Review

The compelling drama of a fugitive in a hostile land, confronted with an impossible mission.

It is January 1943 and in the attic of its Baker Street headquarters, a despised department is given its most crucial task – to redeem the SOE organisation in Churchill’s eyes by assassinating Adolf Hitler.

Finding the right man for the mission seems increasingly impossible, until their junior officer, Robin Lusty, volunteers himself.

Dropped into Bavaria in the guise of a wounded German officer, Lusty is forced to eliminate a village policeman to protect his cover – thus putting a ruthless detective called Jäger on his trail.

After winning the confidence of Hitler’s mistress, Eva Braun, the would-be assassin is getting ever closer to his target but, just as he is about to make the hit, a change in Allied policy undermines his plans. Hunted by Jäger, pursued by the Gestapo, with his escape route closing, he finds himself betrayed by London ... now alone in a darkening land, with every man turned against him.

Lusty’s fate will rest in the hands of the local woman who has fallen in love with him.

A well researched and gripping spy thriller. Recommended for fans of Alan Furst, Rory Clements John le Carre.

‘An authentic look at the loneliness and conflicting loyalties often thrown up in wartime’ Sunday Mirror

‘A compelling and convincing read with some memorable characters’ Tribune

Murray Davies was born into a mining family in South Wales. He won a scholarship to UCW Aberystwyth where he studied International Politics, followed by an MA in First World War poetry. He worked for the Daily Mail and Mirror Group as a reporter and feature writer. After twenty years as a journalist, he became a novelist. His novel, Collaborator, won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2003. His other works include The Drumbeat Of Jimmy Sands, Samson Option, The Devil’s Handshake, Dogs on the Street and the Chalke and Cheese books, Welcome to Meantime and Bad Blood in Meantime.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1728817838
• ISBN 13: 9781728817835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 405