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Stettin Station (Paperback)

by David Downing (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Old Street Publishing (23 Jun 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905847815
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905847815
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,694 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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PRAISE FOR DAVID DOWNING'S STATION SERIES--'Excellent and evocative... Downing's strength is his fleshing-out of the tense and often dangerous nature of everyday life in a totalitarian state that is edging towards open war.' THE TIMES-- 'Excellent... A complex and edge-of-the-seat thriller... Think Robert Harris and 'Fatherland' mixed with a dash of le Carré; it s good, and there's more to come' PUBLISHING NEWS--'One of the brightest lights in the shadowy world of historical spy fiction' BIRMINGHAM POST-- 'An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany on the eve of war, the smell of cruelty seeping through the clean modern surface.' C.J. SANSOM, AUTHOR OF WINTER IN MADRID--'A wonderfully drawn spy novel. [An] auspicious début, with more to come' BOOKSELLER --*


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It is November 1941. Anglo-American John Russell is living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son, Paul, and his actress girlfriend, Effi. One of a small and dwindling handful of permitted and much-censored American journalists, Russell has found himself pushed into serving as a point of contact between the anti-Nazi Abwehr and American intelligence. But his real work, as he now sees it, revolves around one crucial question what fate awaits those Berliner Jews who are now being shipped to the east? His investigation has already brought him into perilous proximity with the local communist underground, and will soon involve him in a celebrity murder with global ramifications. As Russell and Effi edge closer to some very dangerous truths, feuding German intelligence services and America's imminent entry into the war further complicate their struggle to outfox and outlive Hitler's Reich.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric, 4 Jul 2009
By J. E. Parry "Jeff Parry" (Pontypool, Wales) - See all my reviews
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This is the third in the Joihn Russell series from Downing. Like te previous 2 (Zoo & Silesian Stations) this is set in Berlin, here in the run up to Pearl Harbour.

Russell is an English journalist, with an American passport, working in Nazi Berlin in order stay with his actress girlfriend and close to his half German son. He is an ex-communist who hates the Nazi party for what they have done to the Berlin that he loves.

This book os set in the few weeks leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and follows Russell as he tries to find out what is happening to the city's disappearing Jewish population. This leads him and his girlfriend into danger.

At the same time he is being used as a pawn by the US intelligence services and the Abwehr and SD. He has to stay one step ahead of everyone while trying to find a way to protect his loved ones from the Nazis and a way to stay close to them if America comes into the war.

This is full of atmosphere. You can feel wartime Berlin asyou read every page. The conflict between Nazi propaganda and the experience of everyday Germans. There is the way that the news is massaged to hide what is starting to happen in Russia as the army surrounds Moscow. You feel that victory is a short step away, even though you already know the result.

The story flows quickly and there is danger at almost every turn. Russell is hunted after a mission to Prague for the Abwehr is found to be a ruse by the SD to find a conspiracy in the Abwehr's ranks.

The end is a little contrived and makes you wonder how the series can continue, maybe it'll move onto the war's end and Germany's demise next but you never feel let down or cheated.

This is a well written and engaging book that captures the author's knowledge of Nazi history and conditions in Nazi Berlin. You can feel his love of the era in every page and detail. If you haven't read a Downing book then start at Zoo Station and work your way through.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Travers, 6 Jul 2009
By G. R. T. Harpur "Travers" (Essex England) - See all my reviews
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A very good read and thought provoking. The conflicting loyalties and related ethical decisions are well illustrated. A familiarity with the places mentioned (particularly Berlin) add to the enjoyment of the book and I benefitted from having already read the two earlier novels (Zoo Station and Silesian station).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb series, 10 Oct 2009
By Clever Clogs (London, England) - See all my reviews
Literate and compelling account of a seminal period in German - and world - history. As fine a historical novel as riveting thriller, this book, the third of the series, is riveting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy conclusion to the trilogy.
John Russell was a character I enjoyed getting to know. This concluding book (well, possibly not.... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Michael Gale

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the series
I had read the first two of these books and each has been gripping. The idea of his protagonist being a British-American journalist in Nazi Berlin before the war was ingenious... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Saul Rosenthal

4.0 out of 5 stars HITLER HELL
This is an enjoyable thriller. If you read Zoo Station,Silesian Station,and Stettin Station as one book you will find a
very good read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Matthew Huepfel

5.0 out of 5 stars Stettin Station - come on David Downing, get writing some more
This is the third in the series of John Russell books that I've read - Zoo Station, Silesian Station and now Stettin Station - beautifully written and excellent plots. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lynda Stott

5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly Detailed and Engrossing
The third in David Downing's "Station" series featuring John Russell is as every bit as engrossing as its predecessors. Read more
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