by Len Deighton
First published 1992
Secret whispers connect Arab weapons traders to a former resistance hero from the Spanish Civil War. The man once commanded the anti-fascist Guernica network against Hitler's forces. Now someone wants his old intelligence file reopened. A British agent must dig into wartime secrets that powerful people prefer buried. The investigation pulls him into a web where yesterday's freedom fighters have become today's arms merchants. Old loyalties clash with new betrayals as the spy discovers how the Nazi war's unfinished business still shapes the present. He faces enemies who will kill to protect their profitable arrangements and allies whose true motives remain hidden. The case forces him to question whether the heroes of one war can become the villains of the next.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Arab, Guernica, Spain
Period: 20th-century
282 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Arrow Ltd.