THE WINTER AGENTGareth RubinPenguin Random HouseREVIEWED BY PETER STUPPLESThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was established in London in 1940 to direct Allied agents working behind enemy lines in Europe, mainly in France and Norway. They conducted intelligence and counter-intelligence operations as well as supporting resistance movements. Each circuit was often short-lived, being infiltrated by the enemy, the agents killed, captured or escaped to fight another day. His external enemies are the German counter-intelligence arms of the Gestapo and Waffen SS, reporting to the Nazi Party, particularly the fiendish Obersturmbannführer Klausmann, as well as the Abwehr, reporting to the German armed forces. Reece becomes aware that there are infiltrators of the circuit within high-ranking intelligence circles in Britain.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 09, 2020 02:15 UTC