Ring of Spies (The Richard Prince Thrillers 3)
It’s 1945, and Richard Prince, police detective turned secret agent, is back from occupied Europe, happily reunited with his small son, and desperate to locate the Danish lover he had to leave behind. But while a German defeat is clearly on the horizon, the war isn’t over yet. When it becomes evident that a London-based spy ring is in danger of doing serious damage to the Allied Forces’ final thrust in Europe, MI6 recruits Prince to find just who is passing vital intelligence to the Germans. Meanwhile, in Berlin, Franz Rauter, a clever, cautious Abwehr officer, is trying to use his knowledge of the same spy-ring to protect himself from the growing paranoia of the Gestapo.
Third in a series, Ring of Spies is pleasantly reminiscent of old-school spy stories. While the suspense is somewhat ruined by a conclusion that seems to be mostly foregone even to the characters themselves, and I’m not sure that Prince’s work strikes me as entirely justifying everyone’s high opinion of him, this remains nonetheless an enjoyable read.
