Codename: 61

The war ended in 1945, but for some, the killing never stopped.

1940

A bomb drops destroying everything London railwayman Jim Tate holds dear. Fuelled by a desperate desire for vengeance, Tate passes selection for the elite Special Operations Executive (SOE), transforming into a deadly, German-speaking commando tasked with wreaking havoc in Nazi-occupied France.

1961

Tate has traded the shadowy world of espionage for a quiet civilian life as a railway engineer in Kenya. But his hard-won peace is shattered when fellow SOE operative, Adrian Snow – ‘Cloak’ to his ‘Dagger’ – arrives out of the dust with news that will drag Tate back to one chilling day in 1942.

Targeted by assassins and forced to operate outside the law, Tate and Snow must resurrect their old partnership to stop a madman, in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse that takes them from the sun-scorched plains of Kenya to the frosty streets of Vienna.

Packed with explosive action and shifting loyalties, CODENAME 61 is Alex Shaw’s new pulse-pounding historical espionage thriller. Perfect for fans of Ken Follett’s Edge of Eternity and Charles Beaumont’s Oxford Spy Ring series.

Praise for Alex Shaw:

Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw’ - New York Times bestselling author James Swallow

‘Alex Shaw is a master of the action thriller. Grabbed me from the first page and never let go’ Michael Ridpath

‘A perfect blend of spy fiction and political thriller’ Matt Lynn

"Codename: 61" was written by Alex Shaw.

Alex Shaw is is a member of the International Thriller Writers organisation and the Crime Writers Association. He is the author of bestselling thrillers including the Wolf Six series. He was shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.