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  • Ring of Spies

  • The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 3
  • By: Alex Gerlis
  • Narrated by: Rupert Bush
  • Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (68 ratings)

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Ring of Spies

By: Alex Gerlis
Narrated by: Rupert Bush
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Summary

As the war approaches its end, Prince once more has to risk everything.

Berlin, 1939: a German intelligence officer learns a top agent is quickly moving up the British Army ranks. He bides his time.

Arnhem, 1944: British paratroopers have been slaughtered in one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. A shell shocked officer is convinced that the Germans knew they were coming.

But who betrayed them?

Back in London, Richard Prince, detective and spy, is approached by MI5 about a counterintelligence operation. Information is leaking, and British troops are dying. Prince has to stop it, and crack the suspected spy ring at all costs. But in the world of espionage, nothing is as it seems....

The latest WWII espionage thriller from Alex Gerlis is perfect for fans of Robert Harris, John le Carré and Alan Furst.

©2020 Alex Gerlis (P)2021 W F Howes
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"A spy character to rival those of John le Carré, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst." (David Young, author of Stasi Child)

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Excellent book!

This book is so well written, every character has their own story, I really hope there’s a book 4 soon

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Another great work by Gerlis

The Prince series has been a triumph.
Completely hooked from start to finish. Can't wait for the next in the series.

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Great continuation of the story

Great continuation of the story, looking forward to the next one we’ll done all fantastic

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Loved this Trilogy

Richard Prince, believable, great story writing, well narrated and very compelling listening in the car.

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Best of the series so far.

Slightly slower paced than the precious two books and the more believable for it. Good narration though some of th foreign place names were a bit off but nothing to worry about.

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Brilliant book

Gripping storyline right through to the end.
Didn't want it to finish
Would highly recommend this book.

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Very enjoyable

This is the third in the series and I have really enjoyed listening. Great mix of tension and suspense.

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Good story marred by weird pronunciation

Not sure who Rupert Bush is and I quite like the sound of his voice but some very strange pronunciations spoiled this book for me...

Caius (as in Gonville and Caius) pronounceed Kiy-us instead of Keys
Die (German for The) as Dye rather than Dee
Mitglied (Germna, member) as Mitglide in place of Mitgleed

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Poor narration

This book was spoiled by the errors in production and narration. There were unexpected pauses and jumps in the narration, suggesting more care needed to be taken in its production. The narrator made basic errors, such as reading Roman numerals as letters, and that troops had been 'routed' - pronounced 'root' rather than 'rowt'. He read dates unnaturally, for example, '1 November' rather than '1st November', and the production /editor had failed to point out to him that Caius College is pronounced 'Keys'. Pronunciation of European place names was embarrassingly bad.

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The narrator’s stop-start enunciation tarnishes the story

The story is fantastic and thrilling. But it is extraordinary that Audible has allowed this narration. Throughout, the narrator pauses in the middle of sentences, which is bizarre and annoying. It’s a shame.

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