Zoo Station by David Downing is book 1 in the John Russell series .
The story is told in the run up to the war. It is 1939 and John Russell is in Berlin working as a news reporter for American and British papers. There are big changes happening there now and it is a worrying time for anyone who Hitler would disapprove off. John has a child and a girlfriend living there and I did feel sorry for them as he put himself in risky situations. I got a real sense of how tense it would have been living there at that time when war about to break out at any minute. John was a very brave character and you are rooting for him all the time. He is a good guy trying to make the best of a bad situation. The story flows steady throughout and finishes in a breath taking ending. Very satisfying! I would read more from this author after reading this book.
I received this book from the kind folks over at Lovereading.co.uk and you can see this book there if you follow the link below.
http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/5235/Zoo-Station-by-David-Downing.html
This book has already been released and if you enjoyed this you may want to check out David's latest book in the series, book 6 , Masaryk Station which is due to be released Mid January 2014.
Please find that link here:
http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9897/Masaryk-Station-by-David-Downing.html
A free excerpt is available for both these books. Yay!!!
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