A Treachery of Spies
β Scribed by Manda Scott
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Year
- 2018;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0593072286
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β¦ Synopsis
THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'Superb . . . a blend of historical imagination and storytelling verve reminiscent of Robert Harris.'The Sunday Times
'The most exciting, involving thriller I've read in an age, and I can't recommend it highly enough.' Mick Herron
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A Treachery of Spies is an espionage thriller to rival the very best, a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, played in the shadows, which will keep you guessing every step of the way.
An elderly woman of striking beauty is found murdered in Orleans, France. Her identity has been cleverly erased but the method of her death is very specific: she has been killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two.
Tracking down her murderer leads police inspector Inès Picaut back to 1940s France where the men and women of the Resistance were engaged in a desperate fight for survival against the Nazi invaders.
To find answers in the present...
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