Flowers from Berlin

By: Noel Hynd

Narrated by: George Kuch

This 1985 espionage thriller follows FBI agent William Cochran's efforts to stop a Nazi spy from assassinating FDR. Toss in a love affair with a British Secret Service operative and you have the makings of a pause-resister.

It is 1939. Roosevelt is winding down his second term in the White House. The Nazis have taken Austria, and Stalin's Red Army is systematically eliminating the Kremlin's enemies. Europe is going to hell in a handbasket. With isolationist sentiment running high in America, and the president's popularity at an all-time low, Hitler seizes the moment and dispatches his secret weapon: An agent named "Siegfried" who conceals himself behind the mask of middle-class America. A chameleon who can change identities and personalities at will. A cold-blooded killer who will win the war for Germany. A banker, linguist, and demolitions expert who has successfully infiltrated German intelligence, FBI Special Agent Thomas Cochrane is handpicked by Roosevelt for an impossible mission: to find Hitler's spy before he carries out a plan that will remove the president from office at a critical moment in the century's history. As Cochrane, with the help of British Intelligence agent Laura Worthington, circles closer to his elusive quarry, a spy with supporters in the highest levels of U.S. government readies the world stage for a final act of annihilation that will alter the tide of war - and the future of the free world - in unthinkable ways.

©2011 Noel Hynd (P)2014 Noel Hynd

Critic reviews

"Complex in characterization, crisp in dialogue, and thorough in its background." ( Library Journal

Life Comes To History

A truly fascinating story. The group of characters herein bring life to history as so few books ever have. This is a profound "rest of the story" presentation. An invigorating way to spend an evening or two.

Good not great.

The story line is very uneven and does not flow well. The narrater is not a bad reader but is not well versed in English. He very much needs to expand his pronunciation. Wilkes bar? Wan to rhyme with van.
This book suffers from poor editing.

Slow to Start But Builds Steam as is Goes

The story starts off a little slow as characters are built and story lines are established but once you get into the meat of the story, it turns into a nice WWII espionage tale. FBI, British SAS, NAZI's all mixed into a tale of intrigue. This is one of those stories for a winters afternoon when you want to get lost in a good book to forget the cold gray day outside.

Ok story...

But a terrible narrator whose mispronunciations are jarring. A bit preachy and simplistic but still inter.

Fascinating, couldn’t put it down.

Beautiful historical detail. Made you think you were living at that pivotal time in history.