A review by vsbedford
Basil's War by Stephen Hunter

4.0

Somewhere in a very fun space that runs with the pacing of Sean Connery's James Bond and the wink/wink humor of Roger Moore, with a strong dash of the stiff upper lip-ness of The 39 Steps' Richard Hannay, this novel moves, moves, moves right until the end (although the last few pages are a bit of a steep cliff). We are definitely NOT in the shadowy corners of Alan Furst's Vichy France although we do get a bit of the red-eyed tenseness that would inevitably come with a spy novel set in one of the Nazi-occupied nations. It's a fast read and an enjoyable one - definite recommend.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.