The Spies of Zurich (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 2)

It is 1939 and Germany has invaded Poland. World War II has started but the main event is still being planned. Two questions hang over everyone: When will Hitler’s army turn to the west, and will France be ready?

After the fall of Austria and then Czechoslovakia, Alex Kovacs now lives in Zurich. He is a banker and he is in love – but he hasn’t left the spy business behind, not completely. He and his contacts in the espionage community – and Switzerland is a hotbed of spies – think they know what is going to happen, how Hitler will invade and how he will help to fund the endeavor. The problem is that no one in authority seems to want to listen. Frustrated but also determined, Alex fights for a way to get someone to hear him.

The Spies of Zurich is the second book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time of unfathomable evil where the biggest questions sometimes are forced upon the most ordinary of people, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s new pre-World War II thriller.

Pick up The Spies of Zurich to travel along on Alex’s latest adventure!

• The Lyon Resistance (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 3)
• Vienna at Nightfall (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 1)
• The Limoges Dilemma (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 4)
• The Berlin Spies: the brilliant Second World War and Cold War thriller for fans of John le Carré
• The Best of Our Spies: an exhilarating tale of espionage and deception sent against the backdrop of D-Day
• Diary of a Dead Man on Leave
• Vienna Spies: a masterclass of espionage fiction set in the closing days of World War Two
• The Swiss Spy: the World War Two spy thriller for fans of Alan Furst and Philip Kerr
• Under Occupation: A Novel
• The Fatherland Files (A Gereon Rath Mystery Book 4)