Conspiracy & Courage: Olivier Norek & Nicholas Shakespeare

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Immerse yourself in powerful storytelling and historical intrigue with authors Olivier Norek and Nicholas Shakespeare. Norek presents The Winter Warriors, a gripping tale of resistance and survival set against the brutal backdrop of World War II, where ordinary individuals are pushed to extraordinary courage. Award-winning author Nicholas Shakespeare introduces Frame 37, which follows ex-journalist John Dyer, who must take on a dangerous political conspiracy in order to bring his friend’s killer to justice.

The Winter Warriors

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2025 A Historical Novels Review Editors Choice 2026 "A novel you will not put down. Maybe never."—Richard Ford With over 600,000 copies sold, an award-winning WWII novel about the heroism of a single Finnish infantry company—and the best sniper the world has ever seen—defending their country against the largest army in the world November 1939: The Soviet Union invades its small, relatively defenseless neighbor Finland, just three months after the declaration of World War II.

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Frame 37

Ex-journalist John Dyer must take on a dangerous political conspiracy in order to bring his friend's killer to justice in this gripping thriller by an award-winning writer. John Dyer is living a quiet life when he receives a call that changes everything: an old university friend, Lia, has been killed. Decades have passed since his last heartbreaking conversation with her, but Dyer finds himself driven to investigate.

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Olivier Norek

Writer and screenwriter, ex-lieutenant in the Paris banlieues, Olivier Norek is the author of seven widely acclaimed international best-selling novels. They have sold 3 million copies in France alone, won over twenty prestigious literary prizes and been translated in more than 20 languages.

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Nicholas Shakespeare

Nicholas Shakespeare is a novelist and biographer. His books include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs (adapted for film by John Malkovich in 2001), Inheritance, Priscilla, Six Minutes in May, and acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin and Ian Fleming.

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