Hurley directs his cast with verve, deploying his historical knowledge and research with just enough detail

Financial Times

A narrative brimming with shifting loyalties and hazardous espionage

Sidmouth Herald

The novel unfolds against one of the less-well-known episodes of the war, and Hurley manages to get a lot of information across while still providing an exciting narrative

Literary Review

Hurley expertly spins together the threads of fiction with historical fact

Aspects of History

People in Hurley's world don't always believe very passionately in their causes, but they always believe believably, and it's that, as much as the meticulous historical research, which makes his thrillers so absorbing.

Morning Star

A good thriller, mixing real-life and fictional characters, with a powerful sense of place and a complex plot full of double-dealing and Hurley's trademark violent action

Historical Novel Society