Robert HarrisThriller · Historical Fiction·b. 1957
An Officer and a Spy
Synopsis
A low-level British intelligence officer stumbles onto a plot to assassinate a Nazi diplomat and must decide whether to report it or let it stand. Set in 1930s London, the novel follows the moral and professional choices of a man caught between duty, conscience, and the machinery of a failing intelligence service.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence