Friend or Foe?
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two.
It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s journey home from Malta is interrupted, first in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy in Scotland and then by a shoot-out between US military units in Lancashire.
Having returned to Edinburgh, they remain only briefly before travelling with a Military Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down the spy. How best to catch a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets? Can they find him before it’s too late?
When two Soviet agents arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to work out the difference between friend and foe. Does the German spy exist, or is he a Soviet invention intended to lure MI11 into danger?
'Friend or Foe?' by Ken Lussey was published on 14 July 2025. You can find out more about the book, read background information, reviews and excerpts from it and see photographs of the locations used on Ken Lussey's own website.
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- Paperback: 356 pages
- ISBN-13: 978-1-0686257-5-6
- Product dimensions: 19.8 x 13.0 x 2.0 cm
- Publication Date: 14 July 2025
- Find out more about the book on Ken Lussey's website.
Reviews
NextToTheAisle, 15 July 2025:
- "Enticing and frantic, Lussey has again written a thrilling book of action set in real-life incidents a melding of fact and fiction in great unison. Another pleasing entry in this unique and special series."
- "Lussey as ever writes with such an assuredness in proceedings ranging from rations and the ability to drink champagne during wartime. This is thanks to his diligent research which even touches upon precise train times in Scotland. It is these details that help elevate this work above mere folly."
- "This melding of fact and fiction always raises Lussey's works to that of importance and how we should look to the past to better understand our present, and how little has been learnt in nearly 80 years of passing."
