Spy Hook: Penguin Modern Classics Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Len Deighton (Author), James Lailey (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)

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Millions of pounds have gone missing, and the Department have sent agent Bernard Samson to Washington to track them down. But this mission is just the start of something far deeper and darker. It will take him from the English suburbs to Berlin, the South of France to Los Angeles and the heart of a maelstrom. In the first part of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, friends become enemies, pursuer becomes victim and no one - not even Bernard himself - is above suspicion.

A Bernard Samson Novel.

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10 hours and 7 minutes
Author

Len Deighton
Narrator

James Lailey
Audible release date

29 July 2021
Language

English
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Penguin Audio
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B098R94YX3
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Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	10 hours and 7 minutes
Author	Len Deighton
Narrator	James Lailey
Audible.com.au Release Date	29 July 2021
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B098R94YX3
Best Sellers Rank	36,928 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 322 in International Mystery & Crime (Audible Books & Originals) 474 in Espionage Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 1,696 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)

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Espionage Lover

Checkpoint Charlie Awaits!

Reviewed in Australia on 23 January 2016

Read this series years ago, all 9 books and have re-read the stories over the years multiple times. Bernard Samson, the much maligned tough guy from the wrong side of the Berlin tracks, plods brilliantly through the Cod War bureaucracy and brandishes his pistol and fists and uses dry wit to top it off. Not high-tech, but t he best of a counterpoint to LeCarre's Smiley. If you love Cold War stories, you have to pick this historically accurate story. Checkpoint Charlie awaits!

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John Longstaff

Loved it!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2017

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I've absolutely loved this series of books. Each one is a stand alone novel but worked well as a long story across the whole series. The plot develops throughout and is wrapped up right at the end of the series - it's brilliantly written with a perfect blend of intrigue, humour and thrills. The main characters are fabulous and their roles also progress throughout the books. I love espionage stories and this is the best series I have read. I think Bernhard Samson's character is fantastic - a true, typically understated British hero, going about his job despite the restrictions placed on him by the British intelligence establishment.

Well worth a read!!!

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George W

Lots of questions: too few answers.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2015

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Having read the first trilogy (Game, Set & Match) and then the wonderful Winter 1899-1945, I was excited about getting further with the hero/anti-hero, Bernard Samsum. Bernard isn't your normal spy. No gadgets and no pretensions. He is world weary, almost defeated and worn down by internal politics and the ambitions of those who are inferior to him. His principal 'weapon' is his knowledge of Berlin and the ability to pass as a native of that battered 'island' surrounded by the Communist regime of the DDR and their masters the USSR. The story takes us to Washington and we learn about what appears to be a huge fraud within the department. Little is added to help us understand the rationale behind the fraud or the suspects or why BS was sent to ask an awkward question. We then go to France and meet a character we got to know well in Winter. She is now very much older but still mentally sharp. We also meet another man with Hungarian roots who is not all he seems to be. This is a reasonable read but lacks the plot and intrigue that exuded from every pore in the earlier books. Lots of questions and allegations abound but with few real answers. We are told this book can be read as a stand alone but that's not really true. Hook left me hooked and you need to get into its sequel to find the answers (at least I think that will be the case). I hope this review will help.

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Purslove

Whole trilogy or nothing.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2015

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You must read all Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy together and in sequence. Despite 'blurb' they do not stand up as separate books. There is a lot of cold war Berlin in these book which may not mean much to those born after 1970. As for Le Carre the plot depends on supposedly highly paid and clever people speaking to each other in ambiguous terms and not asking the obvious next question before setting off to put their own and other people's lives in danger. Unlike Le Carre, the background spy HQ operation is completely implausible. I am relieved I read all 3 books together and that I knew something of cold war Europe/Germany: without these, this book would ahve been pretty meaning less.

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Chris Fell

Great fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2020

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Very reminiscent of when it was written. Fast paced and amusing. As others have pointed out, it leaves you disappointed as it is only a third of the story. However, it also leaves you with the next ones to look forward to.

S. C. O'brien

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2021

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As I continue to go through the Bernie Samson books the plot lines really open out pleased that I have chosen to read them in order after my mix up with book 1 and 2. Really enjoying the characters looking forward to Spy Line

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