The premise for this book sounded fascinating - a stage magician and his assistant being recruited by a secret section of the war office to fight the Nazis in the early days of World War II. I was expecting this to focus on the use of illusions in secret operations by the Ministry of Ungentlemanly warfare with some biffing of Nazi goons along the way, but it spends a lot of time on the build up with references to the Third Reich's occult beliefs but it never pays off with the end being a set up for what looks like a series.
The audiobook is narrated in a jolly hocky sticks sort of way and was a struggle to get through. Disappointing.
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