Helen Fry is a specialist in the history of British Intelligence. She is the author of The Walls Have Ears, The London Cage, and over twenty books focusing on intelligence and POWs in World War II. She lives in London.
Fry has undertaken prodigious research...The book is a fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees, and a welcome salute to those who broke out of their PoW camps that they might be returned to the battlefront. -Giles Milton, The Sunday Times Helen Fry's engrossing tale M19...details the exploits of the secret organisation that rescued allied troops from behind Nazi lines. -Martin Chilton, The Independent Several recent books have shone light on the heroic part women played in the story of intelligence, and Fry illuminates their role even more...[A] noble, moving and inspiring book -Allan Mallinson, Spectator Once started, this is an impossible book to put down. -David Webb-Carter, Aspects of History A thoroughly comprehensive study of a much-neglected secret wartime organisation. -Nigel West, author of MI6 A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives. -Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies 'Behind every Allied great escape in WWII there stood the brave and resourceful men and women of MI9, an intelligence organisation today almost completely forgotten ... A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carre thriller.' Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles Important, informative and engaging. Fry draws an engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped escapers and evaders in the European Theatre of Operations.'-Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley