#BlogTour: The Winter Agent by Gareth Rubin @GarethRubin @MichaelJBooks @sriya__v #TheWinterAgent #GarethRubin #ww2

Book Synopsis:

THE GRIPPING WWII ESPIONAGE THRILLER ABOUT SURVIVAL, TRUST AND A DEADLY BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH . . .

February, 1944.

A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads a circuit of British agents risking their lives in order to sabotage the German war effort from within.

But Reece has a second mission, secret even from his fellow agents – including Charlotte, the woman with whom he has ill-advisedly fallen in love. He must secure a document identifying a German spy at the heart of British intelligence. The fate of the Allied forces on D-Day is in his hands.

But when his circuit is ambushed – with fatal consequences – Reece realizes there may be a traitor in its ranks, putting everything they’ve been fighting for at risk.

Then Charlotte goes missing.

Is she in danger, or has Reece been betrayed by the only person he thought he could trust?

And with the clock ticking towards D-Day, can he find the truth before it’s too late?

A gripping and atmospheric thriller inspired by true events, this is the story of a deadly game of espionage, destined to change the course of the most crucial battle in the Second World War.

The Winter Agent is available in ebook and hardback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

The Winter Agent is a tense, well researched thriller which seemed very realistic.

I’m a huge fan of books set in the second world war and I always enjoy learning something new about the era. This book was fascinating to me as it’s based on real events and characters which I hadn’t heard of before. I spent many hours happily researching more on the internet. It was especially interesting to learn some new, surprising, facts about Hitler which I wasn’t aware of before and definitely explains a few things about him!

The story unfolds at a nice pace so that everything that happens seems very realistic and is more hard hitting because of it. As you can possibly expect from a book set in this time, some of the things described are quite graphic and heart wrenching which makes the book difficult to read at times. Through them though the reader is able to properly understand what it was like living in France during the war with the constant fear and threat of horror.

Overall I thought this was a fantastic historical thriller which was full of just the right amount of tension and suspense to keep me turning the pages. It did take me a little while to get into the book as I felt the writing style was a little different but I soon got used to it.

Huge thanks to Sriya from Michael St Joseph for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Gareth Rubin is an author and journalist who has written for most British national newspapers. He lives in London, and The Winter Agent is his second novel.