Operation Lightning Bolt is a well-crafted novel of espionage, murder, mystery, a dash of romance, and a lot of suspense. Set during WWII, Operation Lightning Bolt takes place in France and England while the main character Kim, aka Max, sets out to figure out who murdered an SOE agent. Before Kim knows it, she is finding out about an entire dark society that she did not know existed and she soon realizes the Nazi's are not England's only enemy. When she meets the ever mysterious yet captivating Roland, they embark on a mission to solve the murders and foul play -all the while being drawn to each other and more trouble.

This book was extremely well written and had a very even flow to it. The author has a profound way with words and writes in a very captivating way that draws you into the story and makes it nearly impossible to put down. It is very easy to envision the settings throughout the book because the author is very descriptive and informative.

Operation Lightning Bolt by Hilary Green was a gripping W.W.II thriller. Kim Maxwell is a member of the SOE in Great Britain. She had been on assignment in Nazi-occupied France when she was taken by the Gestapo and tortured for information. Heroically, she was able to make it back to Britain where she trained agents for the SOE. When one of the operators was murdered, it became an emergency to find out who and why they were murdered.

There was a mole in the SOE operations that had to be found. Kim, also known as the cover name Max, was involved in deciphering the Nazi plant in the operation. This took her back to France as an agent to try to discover the meaning of Blitzschla, which was the only word that a new agent was able to send before the Gestapo took him. Kim (Max) was aided by a recruit in the SOE and the two of them were able to infiltrate a Nazi organization that was determined to bring Great Britain into the Nazi realm.

This novel was fast-moving and kept my interest throughout. I love novels written about W.W. II and this was a well-written suspenseful novel. I will be reading more of Ms. Green’s novels. She is a wonderful writer.

Enjoyed this book immensely. First time reading this author and I will be looking out for more.
Well written around the spying and espionage surrounding ww2. A great voice shoeing how important women were in that secret role as well, this is about Max who is a women spy using her skills to infiltrate nazi sympathisers. Along the way she meets Roland Fox, the twists and turns in this book was fantastic.

Highly recommended read

A well written, pacy and exciting story set during WWII. A good cast of characters drawn from all echelons of British society and involving Maquis, SOE and codebreakers.

Loved it. Kept vanishing on our guests to go and read some more.

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Having Kim go undercover, with her keen mind, she might gather the information needed. Setting of WWII where espionage, sabotaged agents were trained for A good easy plot to follow, as Kim finds out what really was going on. Readers will enjoy. Given ARC by Net Galley and Joffee for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

Hilary Green’s spectacular murder mystery set in WW2 reminds us that it’s always worth taking a stand in the face of evil. Writing about the resistance fighters who risked everything to take on the Nazis, Green focuses on their inspiring bravery and highlights their mark on history.

Green explores Palace House, the Victorian Gothic Beaulieu Estate in Hampshire, and highlights its use by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a ‘finishing school’ to teach agents how to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance. Approximately 3000 SOE agents were trained here before being sent to occupied Europe. You’ll read about the training and the dangerous role the agents undertook in fighting against the Nazis. Green’s characterization allows readers to quickly become involved in the mystery and making the murder clues available to the readers allows them to follow along, trying to solve the murder.

This is the second book this week where I’ve read about the rural guerillas, the maquis, and the Vichy-backed local paramilitary, the milice. I’d never heard of them before this week!

Green also explores the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), the all female SOE recruits. I was excited to learn about yet another wartime division I’d never heard of before.

I appreciated the foreshadowing, the characterization, the seamless meshing of fact and fiction, the impeccable research, and the author’s ability to tap into her readers’ emotions. I was gripped immediately and the search for the killer and mole was compelling. I’ll be putting this author on my radar immediately!

I was gifted this advance copy by Joffe Books and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.