City of Spies: Shortlisted for the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award

The Stunning Debut From The New Name To Watch In Espionage Thrillers. For Fans Of Charlotte Philby, And The Bletchley Circle, This Is Perfect Sunday Night Drama. Lisbon, 1943. When Her Cover Is Blown, Soe Agent Elisabeth De Mornay Flees Paris. Pursued By The Gestapo, She Makes Her Way To Neutral Lisbon, Where Europe's Elite Rub Shoulders With Diplomats, Businessmen, Smugglers, And Spies. There She Receives New Orders - And A New Identity. Posing As Wealthy French Widow Solange Verin, Elisabeth Must Infiltrate A German Espionage Ring Targeting Allied Ships, Before More British Servicemen Are Killed. The Closer Elisabeth Comes To Discovering The Truth, The Greater The Risk Grows. With A German Officer Watching Her Every Step, It Will Take All Of Elisabeth's Resourcefulness And Determination To Complete Her Mission. But In A City Where No One Is Who They Claim To Be, Who Can She Trust? 'perfectly Captures The Conflicted Loyalties Of Wartime Espionage In Neutral Portugal . . . Atmospheric . . . Tense' Sarah Armstrong, Author Of The Wolves Of Leninsky Prospekt 'casablanca Meets Le Carre' A. K. Turner, Author Of Body Language 'De Mornay is a welcome recruit to the ranks of female spies' The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD LISBON, 1943: When her cover is blown, SOE agent Elisabeth de Mornay flees Paris. Pursued by the Gestapo, she makes her way to neutral Lisbon, where Europe's elite rub shoulders with diplomats, businessmen, smugglers, and spies. There she receives new orders - and a new identity. Posing as wealthy French widow Solange Verin, Elisabeth must infiltrate a German espionage ring targeting Allied ships, before more British servicemen are killed. But, the closer Elisabeth comes to discovering the truth, the greater the risk grows. With a German officer watching her every step, it will take all of Elisabeth's resourcefulness and determination to complete her mission. But in a city where no one is who they claim to be, who can she trust? 'Perfectly captures the conflicted loyalties of wartime espionage in neutral Portugal . . . atmospheric . . . tense' Sarah Armstrong, author of The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt ' Casablanca meets le Carre' A. K. Turner, author of Body Language The stunning debut from the new name to watch in espionage thrillers. For fans of CHARLOTTE GRAY, THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE and A TREACHERY OF SPIES, this is perfect Sunday night (or any night) drama. LISBON, 1943. After escaping from Nazi-Occupied France, SOE agent Elisabeth de Mornay, codename Cecile, receives new orders: she must infiltrate high society in neutral Lisbon and find out who is leaking key information to the Germans about British troop movements. As Solange Verin, a French widow of independent means, she will be able to meet all the rich Europeans who have gathered in Lisbon to wait out the war. One of them is a traitor and she must find out who before more British servicemen die. Complications arise when 'Solange' comes to the attention of German Abwehr officer, Major Eduard Graf. As they get to know each other, she struggles to keep her lies close to the truth. But in a city that is filled with spies, how can she tell who is friend, or foe?