Mission to Paris

Frederic Stahl, a Hollywood film star, travels from Beverly Hills to the boulevards of Paris. It is a dangerous, difficult, seductive time: Europe is about to explode, and the Parisians are living every night as though it were their last. As filming progresses, Stahl is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents, embassy officials, and spies of every sort. His engagements take him from the bistros of Paris to the back alleys of Morocco; from a Hungarian castle to Kristallnacht, and the chilling heart of the Third Reich. But can he survive as German operatives track him across Paris?

“A pacy read with plenty of intrigue and glamour.”

In the world of espionage thrillers, Alan Furst is in a class of his own William Boyd
One of the best novels of the year... brilliant Robert Harris on Spies of the Balkans
Furst's characters have the foibles, frailties and fears of humanity under pressure... I cannot wait for my next Furst Independent
The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John Le Carré fan, this is definitely a novel for you James Patterson
As delicately crafted as John le Carré at the start of his George Smiley years, it is a delight from first page to last... Seductive, unexpectedly sexy... it's told with an elegance that reverberates long after it's finished: it is quite superb Daily Mail on Spies of the Balkans
I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business -- the most talented espionage novelist of our generation Vince Flynn
TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
A pacy, atmospheric spy story in the typical Furst style. GOOD BOOK GUIDE

Alan Furst has lived for long periods in France, especially in Paris, and has travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has written extensively for Esquire and the International Herald Tribune.

Frederic Stahl, a Hollywood film star, travels from Beverly Hills to the boulevards of Paris. It is a dangerous, difficult, seductive time: Europe is about to explode, and the Parisians are living every night as though it were their last. As filming progresses, Stahl is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents, embassy officials, and spies of every sort. His engagements take him from the bistros of Paris to the back alleys of Morocco; from a Hungarian castle to Kristallnacht, and the chilling heart of the Third Reich. But can he survive as German operatives track him across Paris?Gripping, haunting, and deeply passionate, MISSION TO PARIS is the ultimate portrait of a people at war and Alan Furst's most panoramic, lovingly described, and finest book to date.

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