num_pages: 416
description: With his Frederick Troy series, John Lawton has been compared to such top historical espionage writers as John le Carré and Len Deighton. Now, in this prequel to "Black Out," Lawton transports readers to 1941 London during the German Blitz, brilliantly re-creating the era of ration tickets, air raids, and bomb shelters. Wolfgang Stahl, an Austrian operating undercover as an SS officer, has fled Germany with Hitler's secret blueprints for the invasion of Russia. As American, British, and German operatives race through war-torn London in search of the spy, bodies begin to pile up and the question arises: Are Stahl and his American contact being played by one of their own? In this game of spy vs. spy, only Sergeant Troy of Scotland Yard will be shrewd enough to uncover the truth.
language: English
title: Bluffing Mr. Churchill
titlecomplete: Bluffing Mr. Churchill (Inspector Troy #4)
characters: George Bonham, Cash Wally, Gordon McKendrick, Walter Stilton, Frederick Troy, Peter Dixon, Ladislaw Kolankiewicz, General Gelbroaster, Dennis Crawley, Larissa Tosca, Jeroen Smulders, Max Aitken., Anna Pakenham, Cal Cormack, ‘Fish Wally’, Peter Robinson, Lawrence Forsyte, Wolfgang Stahl, Frank Reininger, Kitty Stilton, Jaroslav Hudczek, Charles Leigh-Hunt, Deke Shaeffer, Orlando Thesiger, Reggie Ruthven-Greene, Inspector Drew, CI Enoch Nailer, Stan Onions
genres: Fiction, War, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Crime, World War II
ratings_count: 1041
places: London, England
series: Inspector Troy
publisher: Penguin Books