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The Diplomat's Wife

✍ Scribed by Michael Ridpath


Book ID
111799778
Publisher
Yarmer Head
Year
2021
Tongue
English
Weight
173 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781999765545

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✦ Synopsis


TO LOVE, HONOUR, AND BETRAY...

'One of our finest thriller writers.' Daily Mail

1936: Devastated by the death of her beloved brother Hugh, Emma seeks to keep his memory alive by wholeheartedly embracing his dreams of a communist revolution. But when she marries an ambitious diplomat, she must leave her ideals behind and live within the confines of embassy life in Paris and Nazi Berlin. Then one of Hugh's old comrades reappears, asking her to report on her philandering husband, and her loyalties are torn.

1979: Emma's grandson, Phil, dreams of a gap-year tour of Cold War Europe, but is nowhere near being able to fund it. So when his beloved grandmother determines to make one last trip to the places she lived as a young diplomatic wife, and to try to solve a mystery that has haunted her since the war, he jumps at the chance to accompany her. But their journey takes them to darker, more dangerous places than either of them could ever have imagined...

"Pre-war Europe has rarely been evoked with the skill that Ridpath displays here." – The Financial Times

"A gripping ride through pre-war Europe." – The Times

"Fast-paced, twisty and hugely enjoyable. Ridpath's wonderfully vivid descriptions, colourful characters and thoroughly engaging plot made me want to jump into a two-seater and head for Paris! A real treat." – Sophie Hardach

"Michael Ridpath effortlessly weaves together a pre-WW2 spy thriller and a Cold War family drama that absolutely had me gripped. A continental adventure with more plot twists than turns in the road, this is the work of a master storyteller. Thrillers this much fun should come with a health warning" - Jason Hewitt


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