'A well researched and atmospheric war story set in occupied Holland in the "hunger winter" of 1944 grips from the start. But when, on the third CD, the youthful Anna Maxwell Martin takes over from the distinguished Anton Lesser, the grip is even tighter. While Lesser conjures up repression, fractured friendships and secrets, Maxwell Martin is vibrant, quizzical, even funny. Seesawing between the two voices, this audiobook is an unforgettable study of the long shadows cast by war.' The Telegraph