Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”

“Waiting for Sunrise” is a tantalizing, fast-paced spy novel by the prolific William Boyd. And yet, seductive as it is, the book is no bodice-ripper. It’s a brainteaser, charged with uncertainty and danger, electric with restraint.

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