Reviewed by: BigAl
Genre: Suspense/Historical
Approximate word count: 110-115,000 words
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Author:
Brown is
the author of six mystery and suspense novels as well as being a playwright.
For more, visit his website.
Description:
“In the
closing months of WWII, as the war grinds to an end in the rubble of Nazi
Germany, all eyes turn to the next ‘cold’ one. The Americans, the Russians, and
the British all know that the future belongs to whomever can grab the new
rockets, jet fighters, long-range bombers, synthetic fuels and other ‘wonder
weapons’ that Hitler unleashed upon them. They will shape the balance of world
power for decades to come. It is also the story of the torrid but impossible
love affair between Ed Scanlon, a brilliant, young, American OSS agent and Hanni
Steiner, the gritty, street-smart leader of the communist resistance cell in
Leipzig. They now find themselves on opposite ends of an international tug of
war over the plans for Germany’s revolutionary Me-262 jet fighter and the
scientists who designed and built it. To succeed, they must not only outwit
each other, they must stay one-step ahead of Otto Dietrich, the sadistic
Gestapo Chief of Leipzig, who has plans of his own."
Appraisal:
Winner Lose All is an entertaining and engrossing
combination of suspense and cold war spy thriller set in a period of history
that I don’t know much about. Figures and events, both real and imagined, form
the story which is the essence of historical fiction. The historical aspect of
the book set it apart from my typical reading fare. Both the different time and
places (primarily Germany and Russia immediately before and in the aftermath of
WWII) were new settings for me and added to the uniqueness of the story. All in
all, a fun read.
FYI:
A small
amount of adult language.
Format/Typo Issues:
A small
number of typos and copy editing misses.
Rating: **** Four stars
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