Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel - Softcover

Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn andcompassionate'--Joanne Harris'Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the mostirresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This bookdeserves to be huge!'--SophieHannahA striking historical novel about an ordinary young Britishwoman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germanythat will appeal to fans ofThe HuntressandTranscription.World War II has justended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, whichoversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires Britishcivilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute warcrimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, andunwilling to live with her overbearingmotherany longer,thirtysomethingEdith Graham applies for a job with the Commissionbutsheisalso recruited by her cousin, Leo, who is in the Secret Service. To them, Edith is perfect spy material.single,ordinary-looking, with a college degree in German. Cousin Leowentto Oxford with one of their most hunted war criminals, Count Kurt vonStavenow, who Edith remembers all too well from before the war. Hewants her to find him.Intrigued by thechallenge, Edith heads to Germany armed with a convincing cover story:she's an unassuming Education Officersent to help resurrect Germanschools. To sendinformation back to her Secret Servicehandlersin London, Edith has crafted the perfect alter ego, cookbook author StellaSnelling, who writes a popular magazine cookery column. Sheembeds crucial intelligence within the recipes shecollects. But occupied Germany is awash with other spies, collaborators, andopportunists, and as she's pulled into their world, Edith soon discovers thatno one is what they seem to be. The closer she gets to uncovering vonStavenow's whereabouts--and the network of German civilianswho still support him--the greater the danger.With a unique, compellingpremise,Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbookis a beautifullycrafted and gripping novel about daring, betrayal, and female friendship. Artikel-Nr. 9780063000087

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