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Horse Under Water

by Len Deighton Book 2 in the Harry Palmer series.

First published 1963

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A British agent is drawn into a search for a German U-boat sunk off the Portuguese coast during the Second World War. Its cargo may connect wartime Nazi operations with a modern criminal and intelligence network, and the attempt to recover the wreck attracts divers, smugglers and officials whose motives are difficult to separate.

The investigation shifts between present-day surveillance and secrets left beneath the Atlantic. Deighton uses the physical danger of underwater exploration to expose a larger struggle over documents, money and political leverage, showing how the unfinished business of the war continued to feed Cold War espionage long after the fighting ended.

Historical Periods

Nazi Germany1933–1945 Early Cold War Espionage1945–1965 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Espionage Historical Thriller

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