Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton
The latest World War Two historical thriller from Stephen Ronson.
A country at war. Bombers fill the skies. A parachute drops in the dead of night...
England 1940: Paris has fallen to the Third Reich. Farmer John Cook and society heiress Lady Margaret are waiting for the day when German tanks roll across the green fields of their homes. Both are ready for the moment they will disappear into the woods and the fields to carry out their top-secret orders - to do whatever it takes to fight the Nazis once they arrive on British soil.
Their worst fears are realised when a parachutist drops from a German bomber during an air raid. Arriving at the scene, Cook finds the white silk hanging from a branch, and a mysterious crate containing a complex piece of machinery. The spy is nowhere to be found.
But at night, Cook and Margaret hear German voices in the darkness. Reports come in of others hearing similar things, and there are whispers of an agent from Berlin...
With enemies already hiding among them, how far will Cook and Margaret go to protect the country and the people they love?
A brilliant noir thriller set in the darkest days of the Second World War - Stephen Leather
Ronson delivers a cracking yarn, convincingly told. John Cook is the Jack Reacher of 1940's Britain - Damien Lewis, author of THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE
There's not a dull moment to be found in Stephen Ronson's book, and it does a great job leaving its reader's hungry for more. - surjit's Books Blog
A vivid sense of place with tension on every level, The Last Line dripped with historical detail and authenticity. I absolutely loved it!
The pace is quick and the action keeps coming. With well-chosen prose, the author gives the reader a snapshot of English countryside during wartime, with victory gardens, makeshift landing strips in farmers' fields and railway platforms full of evacuated children. It was a page-turner and I couldn't get enough - SaltyGalReads
Addictively readable - Irish Independent