provocative, troubling, awkward . . . a proper classic

Our Friends in Berlin brings to the fore all of Quinn’s talents – gripping storylines, plot twists, thorough research and elegant prose.

A cracking tale of high-stakes espionage and poignant romance. It's elegantly observed, expertly paced and intensely atmospheric.

Those in search of a smart, tautly rendered, atmospheric beach read should pack a copy now.

Our Friends in Berlin is an immensely enjoyable Buchanesque adventure... Its descriptions of London under bombardment are vividly sensuous and beautiful… Its characters are intriguing and deftly presented… Most memorably of all, though, the book and its cast are shot through with a persuasive postmodern melancholy, the hard-wired ambivalence that is very much Le Carré rather than Buchan. This sensibility allows the novel to illuminate complex times.

Quinn’s gripping plot about spying is matched by the evocatively gloomy atmosphere of wartime London that he conjures up.

A wartime novel with atmospheric evocations of London in the Blitz

Anthony Quinn's Our Friends in Berlin is set in the Blitz, and captures the horror and strange romance of blackouts, near-death experiences and not knowing who to trust. An Atmospheric thriller.

A tightly woven spy thriller full of narrative hairpin bends and cinematic set pieces, this is so atmospheric you can almost taste the cigarettes

An eye for a plot, a profound gift for character and a faultless sense of period and place: Anthony Quinn was always going to write first-rate thrillers, and Our Friends in Berlin is pure pleasure.

The best spy novel set in wartime London. A masterpiece… Anthony’s book is wonderful. He is a master at creating page-turning tension. Our Friends in Berlin grips the reader from the very first page and won’t let go. Good authors create period authenticity; superb authors add their own creative mood music to that. Anthony Quinn’s Blitz-battered London is more than black out curtains, blast tape and wrecked buildings, it is an eerie setting of Hitchcockian menace.

Wild horses could not have spoilt my enjoyment of this pitch-perfect reimagining of British counter-espionage and anti-fascism during the Blitz. I raced through it – twice… to spend more time with Anthony Quinn’s superb characters… [a] classy, entertaining performance.

A masterful evocation of wartime London and the plotting of Nazi sympathisers. Quinn’s storytelling is gripping, his writing delightful. An addictive page-turner that expertly combines both love story and thriller. You won’t want it to end.

This tale of wartime espionage is clever, perceptive and a very good read… Quinn’s vividly imagined portrait is entirely convincing… This story is beautifully written and elaborately plotted… the plaudits are well deserved.

Anthony Quinn writes novels that I live in while reading them. Our Friends in Berlin, set in wartime London, didn't disappoint.

Quinn paints a gripping picture of a city trying to carry on as normal under extreme circumstances… You’ll find the pages turning faster as you approach the end.

I was sucked into this story from the start; something about it kept me in a trance… Excellent.

An addictive cocktail of action, romance and politics