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Book SynopsisThe fifth novel in Anne Perry''s breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, set in the 1930s when the world was a place of increasing fear and uncertainty...
As Hitler''s influence spreads across Europe, the future of Britain is at stake...
It is late summer 1934 when retired MI6 agent John Repton''s body is found near Wyndham Hall in the Cotswolds. Repton was killed while investigating the Wyndham family''s ties to fascist sympathisers, and Elena Standish is assigned to discover if one of them resorted to murder . . .
Meanwhile, Elena''s sister Margot is courting Lady Wyndham''s brother and, unaware that Elena is a spy, Margot invites her to attend a house party at Wyndham Hall along with her colleague James Allenby, who masquerades as her suitor. As the atmosphere becomes increasingly tense, Elena and Allenby begin to expose the allegian
Trade Review
Masterful! It's exceedingly rare for an author to have the talent to blend classic elements of a thriller with compelling family dynamics and geopolitical intrigue, but Anne Perry pulls it off ... And I guarantee you'll love Elena Standish! Brava!
-- Jeffery Deaver
Readers will root for the forceful, independent Elena, who will appeal to Maisie Dobbs fans. Perry knows how to ratchet up the international intrigue
* Publishers Weekly *
The perfect time period to showcase a family's impassioned defence of democracy and social justice in the face of rising totalitarianism. . .
At turns heartbreaking and action-packed, this gripping and superbly written story proves Perry still has what it takes * Library Journal *
