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David Downing
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British author of mystery novels and nonfiction, noted for convincing depictions of World War II and Berlin and his Station Series espionage thrillers.
Biography
David Downing (born 1946) is a British author of mystery novels and nonfiction. His work has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He is known for his convincing depictions of World War II and of Berlin.
He wrote a series of espionage thrillers built around the Anglo‑American character John Russell, who explores Germany in the 1940s. Those books are commonly called The Station Series because each title is named after a train station, mostly in Berlin.
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Books by David Downing
Jack of Spies
Jack McColl is a globe‑trotting salesman for a luxury car firm and a part‑time spy for the fledgling Secret Service on the eve of the First World War. As 1913 ends he is in China, checking out the German naval base at Tsingtao between automobile demonstrations in Peking and Shanghai.