emma_victorian 's review for:

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

3.0

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Immensely enjoyable novel about a young woman working for MI5 during WW2 to monitor the conversations of British fascists and ensure that any information they had was waylaid to a faux Nazi agent rather than the real deal. Well written & engaging but possibly with not quite the depth and substance of some of her other novels. Did not seem to quite live up to the promise of adventure & conspiracy. But nonetheless almost a 4