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City of Spies
City of Spies: Who can you trust in this gripping debut thriller? | Mara Timon
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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
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SarahJS
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Enjoyable read about spies in France & Portugal during WWII…main character is a woman with a cast of supporting characters that keep it entertaining and full of action.

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Lizzie69
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This was an interesting take of a woman's role during wartime in what was essentially at that time a man's world.
Elizabeth de Mornay is in Paris, she is an SOE operative but she is discovered and she has to leave before the Gestapo find her.
She relocates to Lisbon, Portugal where she takes on the persona of a widow of French origin, Solange Verin.
But yet again she is found out and this time someone is watching her very closely.