by Adam Hall
First published 2004
Quiller prepares to leave Berlin when surveillance begins. Someone tracks his movements, but he cannot tell if watchers work for British intelligence or hostile forces. A contact approaches him at a theater with intelligence about a conspiracy to restore Nazi power in Germany. Quiller doubts the report until he recognizes one suspect as a senior SS officer from his wartime espionage work. He approaches a woman who might possess crucial information about the plot. Assassins target both of them, confirming the threat is real. Quiller must navigate Berlin's shadowy underworld while enemies deploy truth drugs and sophisticated coding systems against him. The conspiracy reaches deeper into German society than he imagined, threatening to resurrect the Third Reich's influence decades after its defeat.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Berlin, Germany
Period: 20th-century
224 pages · Hardcover · Forge Books