Aurore: Wars Within Book 2

Written by Graham Hurley

Narrated by Andrew Cullum

Barely half of the Bomber Command's aircrews survive a full tour, but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th – and final – mission. Now, Billy is due two-weeks leave, a posting to a training squadron and a six-month exemption from active duty. Except that MI5 need an airman to drop into Nazi-occupied France. MI5 are interested in Hélène Lafosse, a Frenchwoman keeping unusual company in her small family château in the depths of the Touraine. Hélène has begun an affair with a senior Abwehr intelligence officer, who, in return, has turned a blind eye to the succession of Jews, refugees, resistance fighters and downed Allied airmen to whom she offers shelter. MI5 believe they can exploit this relationship and plant a false lead about the anticipated allied invasion of northern France. It falls to Billy, playing a downed airman, to find Hélène, to win her confidence and to plant a lie that will only make sense to her German lover. But this time, Billy isn't flying at 20,000 feet and he won't be able to escape the incendiary consequences of his actions.
“Hurley's capable and understated characterization makes his lead's story plausible and engaging” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

“A Cracking thriller.” THE TIMES

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Oct 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781838932299

Graham Hurley

Graham Hurley is a documentary maker and a novelist. For the last two decades he's written full-time, penning nearly fifty books. Two made the short list for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, while Finisterre – the first in the Spoils of War collection – was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award. Graham lives in East Devon with his lovely wife, Lin. Follow Graham at grahamhurley.co.uk

Reviews for Aurore

[JoKehr · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Graham Hurley and Philip Kerr don't give or take from each other: They both know their Germans and their own people, creating perfect settings and characters. Andrew Cullum is the perfect narrator. Compliments!