Don’t miss the gripping new book from the international bestseller – the story of two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage Don’t miss the gripping new book from the international bestseller – the story of two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage In 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children.Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the estranged twin sister she hasn’t seen since 1940. Since that one catastrophic summer in Rome, as war was engulfing Europe and Iris was falling desperately in love…Within days, Ruth is on her way to Moscow, posing as the wife of Agent Fox in a precarious plot to extract her sister from behind the Iron Curtain.But the truth behind Iris’s marriage threatens to unravel everything, and as the sisters race to safety, a dogged Soviet KGB officer forces them to make a heartbreaking choice…Praise for Beatriz Williams:‘Beatriz Williams is at the top of her game’ Kate Quinn‘A world filled with elegance, charm, and bygone manners … No-one does it better than Beatriz' Jane Green‘Full of wit, romance, and surprising twists’ Popsugar‘Definitely worth squeezing into your hand luggage’ RED‘Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge… a perfect storm.’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘A fantastic summer read’ HELLO‘Delightful and rewarding from an author to watch’ WE LOVE THIS BOOK‘Williams' historical masterpiece is an all-encompassing, period-perfect read.’ RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)‘[A] fast-paced love story…the scorching sun illuminates a friend’s betrayal and reignites a romance’ O, The Oprah Magazine‘A candidate for this year's best beach read – the period story of a derailed love affair seen through a sequence of summers’ Kirkus Book ReviewsA gripping, sweeping historical spy fiction novelA graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz Williams spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons, before her career as a writer took off. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore.A gripping, sweeping historical spy fiction novelCompetition: the;Tattooist of Auschwitz;Women at Hitler’s Table;German Midwife;Alice Network;beekeeper of aleppo;dressmaker’s gift. Lucinda Riley;Rachel Hore;Santa Montefiore;Dinah Jefferies;Heather Morris;christy lefteri;
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