from tmph

By having Russell and Effi looking for two missing Jews in immediate post-war Berlin and Vienna and the surrounding regions, we are taken thru a hugely interesting landscape of displaced Europe and the machinations of the Great Powers. Throw in Russell's spying for the US and the Soviets and some...

from jtck121166

A worthy addition to the Russell canon, but I probably wouldn't start here.

from SamSattler

Unbeknownst to me when I began reading David Downing's new novel, Lehrter Station is actually the fifth book in a series of World War II novels featuring spy-of-all-trades, and British journalist, John Russell. Much of what happened to Russell and those closest to him in previous books is unobtru...

from Hanneri

This is the fifth book in the John Russell series. It takes place immediately after WWII ends, during the fall and winter of 1945. At the close of the previous book in this series, Russell is reunited with his son and Effie, along with a few other individuals who are important figures to Russell ...

from jmkemp

With the fifth in the series we're in the immediate post-war period, six months after Berlin fell to the Soviets John & Effi are back. Having escaped to London with the surviving family members John is blackmailed by the Soviets into returning in the guise of a double agent. As with the previous ...