Book description
It is November 1941. Anglo-American John Russell is living in
Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two
Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son, Paul, and his actress
girlfriend, Effi. One of a small and dwindling handful of permitted
and much-censored American journalists, Russell has found himself
pushed into serving as a point of contact between the anti-Nazi Abwehr
and American intelligence. But his real work, as he now sees it,
revolves around one crucial question what fate awaits those Berliner
Jews who are now being shipped to the east? His investigation has
already brought him into perilous proximity with the local communist
underground, and will soon involve him in a celebrity murder with
global ramifications. As Russell and Effi edge closer to some very
dangerous truths, feuding German intelligence services and America's
imminent entry into the war further complicate their struggle to
outfox and outlive Hitler's Reich.
David Downing is the author of several works of fiction and
non-fiction. His first novel in the 'John Russell and Effi Koenen'
series, Zoo Station, was published by Old Street in 2007, followed by
Silesian Station in 2008, Stettin Station in 2009 and Potsdam Station in
2010. He lives in Surrey with his wife and two cats.
