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Lehrter Station

By David Downing
Lehrter Station by David Downing digital book - Fable

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Caught between Soviets and Americans, John Russell can't escape his role as an accidental spy

Book 5 in the John Russell historical thriller series.

It’s 1945, and British journalist John Russell has finally reunited with his German girlfriend, Effi, in London after a dangerous flight from war-torn Berlin. But Russell realizes his new life in England isn’t going to last when he is tracked down by Soviet agent Shchepkin, who helped Russell escape the disastrous last days of the war and the Russian army’s destruction of Berlin. It is time to repay the debt, and Shchepkin’s bosses in Moscow are not the forgiving types. Russell has no choice but to agree to be transferred back to Germany, where he will resume his cover as an investigative journalist and hand over US intelligence reports on the German Communist Party.

Meanwhile, Effi struggles to revive her acting career, but she cannot fight the desire to uncover ex-Nazi Party members still at large in Berlin. In this dangerous new world, where alliances change every day, will John and Effi be able to leave the past behind? Or are the new enemies the same as the old?

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“This is the fifth book in a series and I have not read the prior books so I was more than a little lost in the beginning because it is very much a spy vs spy vs counter-spy vs double-agent type of book. But this story shows some things that I really haven't read much about before. This series entry takes places after WWII is over but before the wall goes up in Berlin. After the war is over life doesn't just return to normal. Berlin is divided into zones. People want to go home but many don't have homes to go to. John Russell is back in Berlin because the Russians have called in their marker. He is supposed to double agent for them. In other words, he is supposed to spy on the Americans for Russia. But the Americans want him to spy on Russia for them. His girlfriend and partner Effi Koenen has been asked to go to Berlin to film a movie. It is a good opportunity for Effi to search for her Jewish foster daughter's father. It was fascinating to see what post-war Berlin was like. To watch how people treated the Jews, to understand the politics that drove barriers, to hear what ordinary Germans said about their roles in the war. Although this was a novel, it still opened my eyes to a period of time that I really didn't know much, if anything about.”

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