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The Grand Illusion
The Grand Illusion | Syd Moore
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An enthralling new series following illusionist's assistant extraordinaire Daphne Devine in her top-secret mission to trick the minds of Nazi leaders to avert invasion in WW2. June 1940. As Hitler prepares to invade Britain, the War Office in Whitehall sets up a secret office deep inside Wormwood Scrubs prison that is catapulted into a frenzy of activity and expansion. Knowing Hitler's commitment and belief in the occult, Section W aims to exploit this 'weakness' in the enemy's chain of command. New recruit Daphne Devine, an Essex-born, sparky twenty two-year-old assistant to The Grand Mystique, aka Jonty Trevelyan, finds herself called upon to manipulate the Germans with illusions and trickery as she is propelled into the world of dangerous counter-espionage.
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The Grand Illusion | Syd Moore
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June 1940 & Daphne Devine is working as assistant to stage magician Jonty Trevelyan, aka the Grand Mystique. One evening they are called to a hush-hush meeting with the secret service who ask them to join the war effort. They wish to exploit Hitler's belief in the occult & halt his planned invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion) by means of deception & misdirection.

OutsmartYourShelf Loosely based on the planned but hastily called off invasion of Britain by the Germany army, this sounded really interesting. The first chapter was definitely intriguing as the reader is dropped headlong into the clandestine meeting between Jonty, Daphne, & the secret service. Unfortunately after that things slowed down a bit & for such an interesting subject, it took an age to actually get going again 2w
OutsmartYourShelf as Jonty & Daphne went from one place to another without much actually happening.

Overall, although the plot itself was nicely done, it was quite slow paced for most of the book & the ending was quite abrupt. It seems that there may be more books to come but I am undecided as to whether to read the next. 3⭐

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Read 5th-9th May 2024

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