It's finally #bookfacefriday!!! We've been waiting patiently all week to share this one: @headofzeus Aurore by Graham Hurley! . . . #Booklist says "Hurley is a popular crime writer in the UK, but his books have received little exposure in the U.S. Let’s hope this WWII espionage tale helps change that. It’s 1943, and Billy Angell, a radio operator on a British bomber, has just survived his thirtieth mission (described in vivid detail) and is scheduled to stand down when he is approached by MI5 with an altogether different but equally dangerous assignment: sneak into occupied France and pretend to be a downed British flier...A straightforward wartime premise, right out of the Ken Follett playbook, but Hurley freshens it nicely. The mission quickly runs off the rails, and the focus turns to survival, with Billy under suspicion from Madame Lafosse’s friends of being a German spy. Hurley brings an almost noirlike sensibility to the surprising finale" and #PW concludes "Hurley’s capable and understated characterization makes his lead’s story plausible and engaging"! . . . It hits #bookstores on October 1st 🤗 📚 #bookface #newrelease #bookstagram #WWII #historicalfiction #crimefiction #bookphotography #grahamhurley #britishfiction #bookish #currentlyreading #cantwait #librarylove #readigrocks #librariesofinstagram #bookstoresofinstagram #coverart #headofzeus #bookfacefridays (at Chicago, Illinois)
