David Downing. (2012). Lehrter Station: A John Russell WWII Thriller. Soho Press.

David Downing. 2012. Lehrter Station: A John Russell WWII Thriller. Soho Press.

David Downing, Lehrter Station: A John Russell WWII Thriller. Soho Press, 2012.

David Downing. Lehrter Station: A John Russell WWII Thriller. Soho Press, 2012.

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   • bioText: David Downing grew up in suburban London. He is the author of six books in the John Russell series, Zoo Station, Silesian Station, Stettin Station, Potsdam Station, Lehrter Station, and Masaryk Station, as well as Jack of Spies, One Man’s Flag, and The Red Eagles. He lives in Guildford, England
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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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   • source: Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
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     "Outstanding.... Philip Kerr and Alan Furst fans will be pleased."

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   • source: Huffington Post UK
   • content: "Downing is a master at work."
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   • source: Kingdom Books
   • content: "Powerfully and skillfully written, with constant suspense and sudden surprises of satisfaction, Lehrter Station is one of the vital 2012 books that I'd pack for a desert island--or a beach vacation, or a rainy weekend."
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   • source: The Wall Street Journal
   • content: "Epic in scope, Mr. Downing's "Station" cycle creates a fictional universe rich with a historian's expertise but rendered with literary style and heart."
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   • source: Washington Post
   • content: "John Russell has always been in the thick of things in David Downing's powerful historical novels set largely in Berlin ... Downing provides no platform for debate in this unsentimental novel, leaving his hero to ponder the ethics of his pragmatic choices while surveying the ground level horrors to be seen in Berlin."--The New York Times Book Review

     "Reminiscent of Woody Allen's Zelig, Russell, the hero of Downing's espionage series, can't seem to resist inserting himself into climactic moments of the 20th century ... Downing has been classed in the elite company of literary spy masters Alan Furst and Philip Kerr ... that flattering comparison is generally justified. If Downing is light on character study, he's brilliant at evoking even the smallest details of wartime Berlin on its last legs.... Given the limited cast of characters, Downing must draw on almost Dickensian reserves of coincidences and close calls to sustain the suspense of his basic hide-and-seek story line. That he does ingeniously. It helps to read Downing's novels in order, but if Potsdam Station is your first foray into Russell's escapades, be forewarned that you may soon feel compelled to undertake a literary reconnaissance mission to retrieve and read the earlier books."

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   • source: Washington Times
   • content: "The echo of the Allied bombings and the crash of the boots of the invading Russians permeate the pages in which David Downing vividly does justice to the drama... The book is a reminder of what happened and those who allowed it to happen...The book lives up to the others in the Russell series, serving as yet one more reminder of a world too many have entirely forgotten."
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   • source: Toronto Globe and Mail

   • content: "Downing is brilliant at weaving history and fiction, and this plot, with its twists and turns--all under the terrible bombardment of Berlin and the Third Reich's death throes--is as suspenseful as they come. The end, with another twist, is equally clever and unexpected."
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     Starred review from March 19, 2012
     Set in late 1945, Downing’s outstanding fifth novel featuring Anglo-American journalist John Russell (after 2011’s Potsdam Station) centers on Russell’s efforts to fulfill his part of his deal with the devil that extricated his family from Berlin during WWII. NKVD agents approach Russell in London with two demands: first, that he return to Berlin to spy on some Germans to assess their political leanings and gauge the implications for the Soviet Union if Germany becomes socialist; second, that he volunteer to assist American intelligence, in essence becoming a double agent. Russell hopes that acceding to these terms will end his obligations. The stakes rise when his handlers arrange for his lover, actress Effi Koenen, to return to Berlin to appear in a German movie. A violent robbery by the Lehrter Station Gang, former Russian POWs who prefer crime to returning home, places the pair in jeopardy even before they arrive in Berlin. Philip Kerr and Alan Furst fans will be pleased. Agent: Charlie Viney, the Viney Agency.

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     June 15, 2012
     

     In Downing's fifth tale of historical espionage (after Potsdam Station) it is 1945, and the war is over. British journalist John Russell is trying to begin life with his family again when he receives a message from a Soviet agent. Russell was able to escape Berlin with this agent's help, and now he wants the favor returned. With his wife, Russell heads back into Berlin to conduct a spy mission. VERDICT Downing does a masterful job of exploring life in postwar Berlin and London. The devastation of the war creates the atmosphere of despair that haunts the characters. New readers, especially fans of Philip Kerr, Joseph Kanon, and Alan Furst, won't feel lost if this is their first exposure to Downing's impressive series.

     Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      May 15, 2012
      The latest in Downing's Station series (following Potsdam Station, 2011) finds American journalist John Russell back in Berlin, a few months after escaping the city at the end of the war. All those years of simultaneous spying for Germans, Americans, and Russians seem to have finally caught up with Russell, as the Russians are now claiming payback for facilitating his escape from Berlin. The plan is for Russell to scout out Germans sympathetic to socialism and, in addition, to offer his services to the Americans, becoming a double agent. Russell one-ups them by telling the Americans the plan and becoming a triple agent. Meanwhile, his wife, Effi, once a movie star in prewar Berlin, is back in the city, too, lured by the prospect of resuming her film career. Downing vividly portrays the poignant process of war-scarred Europeans struggling to rebuild lives in the ashes of a nearly destroyed city: Jews returning to Germany, Jews immigrating to Palestine, Germans trying to establish their bona fides as Nazi opponents, and, appallingly, former Nazis posing as Jews to avoid recriminations. A powerful look at the human side of postwar reconstruction.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)

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Meanwhile, Effi struggles to revive her acting career, but she cannot fight the desire to uncover ex-Nazi Party members still at...

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