title: Silesian Station (John Russell, Book 2)
author:  David Downing 
description: In Downing's quiet sequel to <i>Zoo Station</i>, set mostly in Berlin in 1939, British journalist John Russell gets involved in multiple intrigues while working as an amateur spy for the intelligence services of assorted major powers. When Miriam Rosenfeld, a young Jewish woman dispatched from provincial Silesia by her Uncle Thomas, who's Russell's ex-brother-in-law, fails to arrive in Berlin, Thomas asks Russell to help find her. Meanwhile, the Nazis blackmail Russell into passing disinformation to the Soviets by arresting his actress girlfriend, Effi Koenen; he agrees to spy for the Americans in order to get a U.S. passport; and he offers to spy for the Russians if they'll help him leave Europe when the time comes. While these various narrative threads, in particular Rosenfeld's disappearance, do generate suspense, thriller fans should be prepared for a dearth of exciting action scenes. Full of period detail, this novel effectively captures life in the police state of Berlin on the brink of war. <i>(May)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Also by David Downing
  
  
  _Zoo Station_
  
  
  _Silesian Station_
  
  
  _Stettin Station_
  
  
  _Potsdam Station_
  
  
  _Lehrter Station_
  
  
  _Masaryk Station_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2014 by David Downing
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by
  
  
  Soho Press, Inc.  
  853 Broadway  
  New York, NY 10003
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  Downing, David, 1946–  
  Jack of spies / David Downing.  
  p. cm  
  ISBN 978-1-61695-268-6  
  eISBN: 978-1-61695-269-3  
  1\. Scots—Fiction. 2. Sales personnel—Fiction. 3.  
  Selling—Automobiles—Fiction. 4. Espionage, British—Fiction.  
  5\. Man-woman relationships—Fiction. I. Title.  
  PR6054.O868J33 2014  
  823′.914—dc23 2013038342
  
  
  Interior design by Janine Agro, Soho Press, Inc.
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [_Cover_](Down_9781616952693_epub_cvi_r1.htm)
  
  
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