The audiobook was very well done.

such a good read!

Gripping spy novel. Couldn't put it down.

An early career novel for Follett, was drawn to read it after taking his BBC master class, which was excellent. And the novel? Excellent too, in my view. Nearly perfect in terms of pace and readability I'd say, and it manages to be tense and propulsive while as the same time maintaining Follett's what I would call or "sunny" worldview. And he creates what I consider to be a masterful degree of erotic tension in the scenes on the remote island between the secretive spy and the young Englishwoman disappointed in her marriage. A great choice, in other words, if you're looking for a light and entertaining read. And for fiction writers, it's a most enjoyable masterclass of pacing and narrative drive.

A good thriller.

I didn't know I liked historical fiction until I started reading Ken Follett.

I hoped this book was primarily about the Ghost Army - nope. Still, it was a good tale with a fairly good plot.

I thought this spy-thriller was both enjoyable to read and a wonderful evocation of wartime England. For all Lucy's failures as a character including her infidelity and her obtuseness (who could mistake a stiletto and a fishing knife?), she redeems herself with that ending. This won't be the last Follett I tackle this year since I plan on taking on one of his massive Century trilogy books and the second in his Kingbridge series.