Spies of the Balkans

@2@Salonika, 1940. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers.@3@@2@Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low, in the Balkans and beyond. And as unknown ships and British 'travel writers' trickle through the port, he is a man very much in demand. Having helped defeat Italy in the highlands of Macedonia, Zannis returns to a city holding its breath. Mussolini's forces have retreated - for now - but German sights are fixed firmly on the region. And as the situation in Germany worsens, Zannis becomes involved in an audacious plot - smuggling Jews to Istanbul, through the back door of Europe. The British hear he can penetrate the continent's closed borders, and soon Zannis is embroiled in the resistance, and in a reckless love affair that could jeopardise everything. @3@@2@With a remarkable cast of operatives, SPIES OF THE BALKANS is a brilliant espionage novel from Alan Furst.@3@

About the author

Alan Furst

Summary

'One of the best novels of the year ... brilliant' ROBERT HARRIS. Reissued behind Alan Furst's new novel, MIDNIGHT IN EUROPE.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Furst, Furst Alan
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 19.06.2014
• EAN: 9781780228914
• ISBN: 978-1-78022-891-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage and spy thriller, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II