I decided to read “Flowers from Berlin” by Noel Hynd for the sole reason that it was in my mom’s Kindle Library and I was looking for something new to read. My mom hadn’t read it and knew nothing about it. This is the first novel in a LONG time that I have gone into without someone recommending it, liking the author, or finding it on some “must read” list. That said, I had zero expectations going in.
“Flowers from Berlin” is a spy novel set in between WWI and WWII. FDR is nearing the end of his second term and tensions are brewing in Germany as Hitler is rising to power. This also means that spies are active. A German spy in America is wreaking havoc and the FBI is struggling to find out who this spy is and how to stop him. Cochrane, an intelligence agent who worked in Germany and successfully escaped the country while under suspicion, is working hard to find this agent.
I really enjoyed this novel because points of view flip among Cochrane, the spy who is working to assassinate FDR, and a woman named Laura, who previously worked undercover for the British. The reader is just as focused on finding the spy as Cochrane is and wonders who it could possibly be.
There are many twists and turns along the way and the reader never quite has the whole story figured out–something I love about suspense novels. I definitely recommend this novel! I’m not much of a history buff, so I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it, but there’s definitely enough drama to keep you entertained.
What’s your favorite suspense novel?
Any book recommendations?
