A Kill in the Morning

Paperback | 19 June 2014 | Edition Number 1

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'I don't like killing, but I'm good at it. Murder isn't so bad from a distance, just shapes in my scope. Close up work though, the garrotte around the neck, the knife in the heart, it's not for me. Too much empathy, that's my problem. Usually. But not today. Today is different . . .' The year is 1955 and something is very wrong with the world: Churchill is dead and WW2 ended in 1941. Europe is in thrall to a nuclear-armed Nazi Germany. Only Britain and its Empire holds out, bound by an uneasy truce and all the while German scientists are experimenting with terrifying forces beyond their understanding - forces that are driving them to the brink of insanity and beyond. Berlin is a hotbed of suspicion and betrayal. As a lone British assassin goes AWOL, intent on waging a private war with the Nazis, the Gestapo are on the trail of a beautiful young resistance fighter and the head of the SS plots to dispose of an increasingly decrepit Adolf Hitler and become Fuhrer. While in London, a sinister and treacherous cabal will stop at nothing to conceal the conspiracy of the century. Four desperate scenarios that are destined to collide with catastrophic effect. And everything would seem to hinge on a single kill in the morning . . .

Industry Reviews

"Superbly researched, scarily plausible, and with a great narrative drive - A Kill in the Morning is a cracking counterfactual, and a terrific debut." STEPHEN BAXTER "I loved A Kill in the Morning. It's easily up there with Fatherland ... It's clever, intelligent, literate, action-filled and utterly compelling. What more could we ask for in any book?" MANDA SCOTT "A real page turner, and an insane read to boot - I mean that in the best possible way. Imagine a Fleming-esque assassin, only on steroids, and pitch him against the Nazis in a Cold War/Star Wars era where WWII ended in 1941, and this is what you get ... a wonderful combination ... a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end" KNIGHT OF THE PEN blog "Part Day of the Jackal, part James Bond ... a wonderful page-turner with a plot that would make a great action movie ... an action-packed romp that Ian Fleming would be proud of." SFFWORLD "RECIPE for a great debut book: 1) Mix two parts of Brit 1950s war thriller; 2) add a chunk of Indiana Jones and a dollop of Dr Who; 3) thicken the plot with a devil-may-care killer and a demon Nazi and; 4) cook it on a steady-paced heat. A Kill in the Morning should be a bonkers read, but it's served up so well it delivers even more than its cover blurb promises - and that's plenty. Bloody good work, Mr Shimmin." WEEKEND SPORT

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