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Ryfka

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Uma ordem ultra-secreta da Sala de Guerra de Churchill ao chefe do Serviço de Operações Especiais forma a base concreta deste extraor­dinário romance: um oficial superior da Real Força Aérea abatido num avião sobre a França. pouco antes do dia D. teria que ser resgatado ou eliminado, por possuir informações cápazes de ameaçar todo o pla­nejamento da invasão aliada.

O ladino chefe do SOE e seu igualmente astuto colega da corres­pondente seção francesa percebem não haver tempo para uma opera­ção cuidadosamente planejada de busca e salvamento, e decidem enviar ao local um matador que nada pudesse deter e que conhecesse bem o terreno. O único agente capaz de realizar tal missão é o de codinome Ryfka,então detido num acampamento de presos psiquiátricos. Den­tro de 24 horas ele é libertado e lançado de pára-quedas na França com ordens para matar. Mas um único detalhe acerca do agente pode alterar todo o plano de ação, pois, além de hábil e implacável Ryfka é uma audaciosa mulher.

Dono de um talento e uma habilidade magistrais o escritor e jornalista Patrick Alexander possui ainda conhecimento especializado no uso de armamentos. Suas viagens à Europa como repórter especial forneceram-lhe as bases para compor o cenário deste instigante romance.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

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October 30, 2017
Thought this was a really engaging WW2 story, it was some time ago that I read it, so details in my memory are vague, but I remember thinking it was excellent.
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April 6, 2014
This was Alexander's fourth and final book, a fitting successor to his first three. That his first, "Death of a Thin Skinned Animal" won the John Creasey Award should be testament to how well Alexander had mastered his craft.
The present story is set in the few weeks leading up to D-Day. A senior British officer has been downed behind German lines: he knows the details of D-Day. Obviously, even to our placid eyes, he can not be allowed to fall into German hands.
They send for Ryfka. Although barely recovered from her last mission to occupied France, it is in her territory the officer has gone down. As the sole survivor of her group, she is the only one with the expertise needed for the job.
Alexander, while writing a tad fraught for our modern taste, yet delivers tension and suspense most writing today can not match. A very good job by a sadly gone master.
Recommended.
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