Target Churchill: A Gripping Historical Crime Thriller Novel - Churchill's Shadow Series | Perfect for Mystery Lovers & History Buffs | Great for Book Clubs & Weekend Reading
Target Churchill: A Gripping Historical Crime Thriller Novel - Churchill's Shadow Series | Perfect for Mystery Lovers & History Buffs | Great for Book Clubs & Weekend Reading
Target Churchill: A Gripping Historical Crime Thriller Novel - Churchill's Shadow Series | Perfect for Mystery Lovers & History Buffs | Great for Book Clubs & Weekend Reading

Target Churchill: A Gripping Historical Crime Thriller Novel - Churchill's Shadow Series | Perfect for Mystery Lovers & History Buffs | Great for Book Clubs & Weekend Reading

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"...Adler & Humes have managed to make a crucial moment in modern history come alive..." –>Thriller Books JournalAs Great Britain and the United States celebrate a victorious end to WWII, Joseph Stalin’s relentless Soviet Union is creeping across Eastern Europe, leaving a trail of devastation and murder in its wake.Winston Churchill, the cigar-puffing icon of the British fighting spirit, embarks on a crusade to lift the veil of secrecy that hangs over Stalin’s mission.Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, sets the diplomatic stage upon which the world’s political players grapple for supremacy as Churchill delivers his fated Iron Curtain speech on March 5th, 1946.Soviet operatives have infiltrated British and American governments at the highest level. As Churchill prepares to launch the Cold War, Stalin unleashes his trained mole, an American Nazi who served in Hitler’s SS.His mission: assassinate Winston Churchill.Churchill travels with a lone bodyguard, W.H. Thompson, a former British police officer who protected Churchill faithfully through the turbulent years of war. Thompson alone senses danger, but will his trained instincts and vigilance be enough to protect the former Prime Minister from a ruthless killer?In this gripping historical thriller, battles are fought not on the beaches, on the landing grounds, in the fields, on the streets, or in the hills but behind closed doors in the shadows of espionage. Mission Churchill is a must-read for fans of historical fiction, political thrillers, and spy dramas.Reviewers Adore this Fast-Paced, Gripping Historical Thriller⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Target Churchill, set in the 1940s, has all the breathless pacing of a strong thriller..."–Historical Novel Society⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "James C Humes and Warren Adler, with their different skills, combine well to create a meticulously researched thriller and it's hard to tell what is fact and what is fiction."–Crime Fiction Lover⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Target Churchill “unfolds a fast-moving cloak-and-dagger drama starting days before Churchill’s historic visit to Fulton, Missouri, in 1946, where he delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time It is excellent read and should please those who do not mind a fictionalized dab into history." –Goodreads Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I love historical novels, especially those dealing with World War II and its aftermath. This novel is in the same mold as Day of the Jackal... The plot was intriguing, and the forces behind it reflect the prelude to the Cold War that soon followed. This is an excellent read." –Goodreads Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Somewhere in the heat of the "Target Churchill" action, I was shocked. Warren Adler does it again, I thought. He knocks out his reader after a meticulous buildup after we get to know the characters. And it's not just a shock: it's embedded in history this time... a breathtaking climax!" –Goodreads Review

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‘Target Churchill’ was well written and I was pleased that the author paid meticulous attention to factual history and used artistic license with people that actually existed. He used all of the proper nuances needed to make one scratch their chin and say hmmmm. Could this have really happened? I was particularly happy with the authors use of complex sentences. I enjoy seeing someone that can artistically convey complex thoughts without having editors chop them up like Dick and Jane books for public consumption. Grudgingly, I am frequently criticized for using complex sentences in my own writing. To me, it’s a ray of hope to see another author use them effectively. I don’t agree with other reviews that critique this book for being too brief. I feel that he elegantly omitted the superfluous fluff. Like a good action thriller book, he stays on point and to the point until the next point and keeps your attention for the entire book. I didn’t really skip over anything. I loved to hate the antagonist, Fritz Mueller; yet I found myself looking forward to the next chapter where he would show his face. I found myself craving to know what he was up to now. I was also constantly wondering how they would finally discover the conspiracy that he was a part of, or how they would be able to stop him. I thought he used Irony well in how had Beria eliminate Dimitrov much in the same way that Khrushchev would later eliminate Beria himself.The climax was brilliant and nail-biting. I deliberately gave myself time to read the last four chapters, so that I would not have to put the book down in the middle of the action. For people, like myself, that are alternate history thriller fans; this is a must read. I was drawn to it because the climax takes place in my home state of Missouri. Many people familiar with the cold war are equally familiar with Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech, from which the term ‘Iron Curtain’ was coined, but it is startling to find how many didn’t know he gave it in Fulton, MO.
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