V2

Once again the richly talented Harris returns to his favourite period of history - before, during and after World War II...Told with Harris's meticulous eye for detail, and his appetite for the human story at the heart of any drama, it is as compelling as one of the great British black-and-white war films, with a sprinkling of contemporary detail to add colour.' * Daily Mail * Harris returns to form with this exhilarating fusion of fact and fiction. * Metro * Robert Harris has always been ingenious at finding ways to write about the Second World War [...] It's highly readable [...] thrillingly tense. * S Magazine, Sunday Express * [I]mmersive and engaging. * Guardian * [P]acy Second World War thriller [...] A riveting read... with a corker of a twist. * Telegraph * Harris, in a narrative that is characteristically propulsive, tells the story of the V2 through twin perspectives [...] The Nazis' V2 rocket programme is seen through the eyes of a conflicted German and a female air force office in a familiar but absorbing thriller[...] Harris's books are always supremely readable - he has practically trademarked the term 'master storyteller'. * Observer * Harris renders the historical detail with his customary verisimilitude. * The Times * V2 is a stunning achievement; a gripping page-turner that remains highly thought-provoking . * Daily Express * Second World War buffs will enjoy Robert Harris's V2. * Independent * I want to be the first to say it: Robert Harris scores a direct hit with V2. I was enthralled. The king of the page-turning thriller. * i paper * An immersive thriller set against a tense historical backdrop[...]V2, like Munich is therefore more drama than thriller. For all its pace - you will zip through it in no time - the rewards are in the meta-story. But Harris's deceptively effortless prose means you barely notice. The effect is one of total immersion: you can feel the cold, taste the bacon sandwiches and imagine the trolleys squeaking across the floor. * Financial Times *