Every Spy A Traitor by Alex GerlisSynopsis: “Trust no one. Suspect everyone.

It’s 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin’s Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is. As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent ‘Archie’, and there’s a frantic search to find them. What they don’t know is that he is not the only traitor. The life of Charles Cooper, a young British writer travelling Europe to research his novel, is about to change for ever…“

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My Review

I  enjoyed this espionage thriller, the first book in the Double Agent series by a new-to-me author.

As the synopsis states above it’s about a mole in British Intelligence known as ‘Archie’ and also about Charles Cooper, a young writer whose life takes an extraordinary turn whilst travelling around Europe writing his novel.

It’s set in Europe in the 1930s just before the Second World War, so Charles comes into contact with some very interesting people and situations. People who I would definitely avoid, but he’s incredibly trusting and tends to take people at face value, which causes him a lot of problems in the long run.

I liked Charles at first and enjoyed his European adventure, although I did find his naivety annoying at times. Maybe it’s because I’ve read a few spy novels, because it was quite obvious what was going to happen to him, every time he thought he was safe.

I loved the setting of this novel, especially the way it took me across lots of European cities. I didn’t have a clue who ‘Archie’ was and I look forward to trying to find out who he is in the the next book.

Recommended if you enjoy espionage thrillers set in 1930s Europe.

Thanks so much to Canelo and NetGalley for my digital copy via the NetGalley app.