Author: lendeighton

In Nazi-occupied Great Britain, Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector Archer looks into a routine murder case that’s more deadly than it seems… Alternate history comes to life in this riveting spy novel from “a master of fictional espionage” (Daily Mail).

Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Palmer and made famous worldwide in the iconic 1960s film starring Michael Caine.

An acclaimed author delivers “a masterly performance” (The Sunday Times): When Bernard Samson is sent to Berlin to retrieve one of MI6’s most valuable agents, he becomes ensnared in a web of peril and betrayal. With nearly 2,900 five-star Goodreads ratings.