Deception by Alan Parks - ISBN: 9781399819718
Hardcover
WWII spy races to uncover a deadly conspiracy in New York.
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    352 pages

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Summary

The second instalment in the thrilling WW2 Joseph Gunner series, from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books

New York, December 1941.

Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines and on the streets of New York, tasked with helping tip America into the Second World War.

Working for a section of the British Secret Service, Gunner spends his days covertly encouraging pro-war sentiment through planted news stories, radio broadcasts and even blackmail.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399819718
ISBN-10:1399819712
Author:Alan Parks
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:Baskerville
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:13 October 2026
Weight:564g
Dimensions:236mm x 160mm x 34mm
Series:The Joseph Gunner Thrillers
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Critics Review

Praise for Gunner–

A notably original protagonist … swept up in a high-level conspiracy reaching from Whitehall’s corridors of power to Berlin and Rudolf Hess’s doomed flight to Scotland … enthralling

* Financial Times *
Perfectly captures the chaos, danger and moral mess of a world turned upside down by conflict * Guardian *
Parks’s characters jump out at you and the story fizzes with history and colour. A brilliant thriller to kick off a new series * Sun *
[A] compelling story … Foyle’s War, but with a sharper, darker edge * Scottish Daily Mail *
Great storytelling … I loved it – Peter James, #1 bestselling author of the Roy Grace series
Great stuff … a vivid sense of place and time and what a main character! – Ian Rankin, #1 bestselling author of the Rebus series

About The Author

Alan Parks

Alan Parks is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of the Harry McCoy series, which has won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, the Prix Mystere de la Critique award, and an Edgar Award.

Gunner is the first in a new and thrilling international crime series set during the Second World War featuring Joseph Gunner. Alan worked in the music industry for over twenty years before turning to writing. He now lives and works in Glasgow.

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