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Nemesis

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By: Rory Clements
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE 2018 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER, NUCLEUS.

Can a ruthless spy ring change the course of war?

In a great English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most powerful and influential figures in the land - but this is no ordinary seduction. She plans to ensure his death . . .

On holiday in France, Professor Tom Wilde discovers his brilliant student Marcus Marfield, who disappeared two years earlier to join the International Brigades in Spain, in the Le Vernet concentration camp in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Wilde secures his release just as German tanks roll into Poland.

Meanwhile, a U-boat sinks the liner Athenia in the Atlantic with many casualties, including Americans, onboard. Goebbels claims Churchill put a bomb in the ship to blame Germany and to lure America into the war.

As the various strands of an international conspiracy begin to unwind, Tom Wilde will find himself in great personal danger. For just who is Marcus Marfield? And where does his loyalty lie?

For readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and William Boyd, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - by Sunday Times bestseller and author of Corpus and Nucleus, Rory Clements.


Praise for RORY CLEMENTS

'Dramatic...pacy and assured' Daily Mail

'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times

'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express

'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian

'Sends a shiver down your spine' Daily Mail

'A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph Espionage Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction War Exciting U-Boat Winston Churchill Suspense
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Extremely well read. The plot was well developed but in parts difficult to believe. Nevertheless, highly recommended. This is the second in the series I have listened to. Maybe I need a bit of a break for now!

Very good, violent and in parts bizarre

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I loved it. Great addition to the series. Hope there's more!! Rory Clements is superb !

Excellent

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I really enjoy Rory Clements' Tom Wilde series. Tom does his best not to be a 'spy', but just can't help himself! Adam Sims is the best narrator I have ever listened to on Audible - his voice is like an old friend.

Great story, wonderfully narrated.

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This is a terrific story, well told and very well read in its Audible incarnation. It is entertaining, well researched and consistent with the thoughtful characterization of the earlier Tom Wilde stories. The setting is brilliantly realised - whether it is the cloistered academic world of Cambridge or the ambiguous moral universe of the late 1930s.
My only criticism is that the central villain, Marcus Marfield, is just a little forced. Yes, he's a psychopath [the psychiatrist tells us that before Marfield can kill him] but the psychopathy is used to explain the man's total absence of any redeeming feature. He can sing very well, of course, so that must count for something but he lives and dies without the evil being really explored.
This doesn't subtract from the reader's enjoyment of the book; it's just that when an author writes a series, the reader is going to make comparisons. Is this book as good as the earlier books in the series? Maybe not - but it's still terrific. Thank you, Mr Clements, for a great read.

An Entertaining and Thoughtful Story

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My third book of the Tom Wilde series. An engaging book and engaging reader. These books have given me hours of relaxation and pleasure through what is a particularly difficult period in my life. Thank you Rory for helping me cope by giving me these precious hours away from my families troubles.

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