![]() ![]() With a remarkable cast of operatives, SPIES OF THE BALKANS is a brilliant espionage novel from Alan Furst. The British hear he can penetrate the continent's closed borders, and soon Zannis is embroiled in the resistance, and in a reckless love affair that could jeopardise everything. And as the situation in Germany worsens, Zannis becomes involved in an audacious plot - smuggling Jews to Istanbul, through the back door of Europe. Mussolini's forces have retreated - for now - but German sights are fixed firmly on the region. Having helped defeat Italy in the highlands of Macedonia, Zannis returns to a city holding its breath. And as unknown ships and British 'travel writers' trickle through the port, he is a man very much in demand. Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low, in the Balkans and beyond. ![]() In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. ![]()
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