The Last Line

By Stephen Ronson,

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'John Cook is the Jack Reacher of 1940's Britain' - Damien Lewis

*****

May 1940.

With Nazi forces sweeping across France, invasion seems imminent. The English Channel has never felt so narrow.

In rural Sussex, war veteran John Cook has been tasked with preparing the resistance effort, should the worst…

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Jack Reacher meets Foyle's War. Fast paced action in the early days of WW2.

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