It’s 1979, and a group of former SS officers are devising a plan to seize power in West Germany. XPD is a brilliant novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in 1940 to discuss terms of a British surrender. British agent Boyd Stuart is intent on preventing those wartime documents from becoming public. XPD – short for “expedient demise,” the code used by the Secret Intelligence Service to refer to the assassinations it carries out – is another stunning novel from Len Deighton.

Praise for XPD:

“A stunning spy story . . . Deighton remains the incomparable entertainer.”—The Guardian

“Deliciously sharp and flawlessly accurate dialogue, breathtakingly clever plotting, confident character drawing.”—The Times

“Exciting and well made.”—Daily Telegraph

“Deighton in top form . . . the best kind of action entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly