City of Spies

Shortlisted for the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award

Mara Timon

• Publisher: Zaffre
• Year: 2020
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781838770716
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature
• Index: Literature

'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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Dedication
• Character List
• Part 1: Paris, Early June 1943
• Chapter One
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• Part 2: Lisbon, June 1943
• Chapter Nine
• Chapter Ten
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve
• Chapter Thirteen
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen
• Chapter Sixteen
• Chapter Seventeen
• Chapter Eighteen
• Chapter Nineteen
• Chapter Twenty
• Chapter Twenty-one
• Chapter Twenty-two
• Chapter Twenty-three
• Chapter Twenty-four
• Chapter Twenty-five
• Part 3: Late July to August 1943
• Chapter Twenty-six
• Chapter Twenty-seven
• Chapter Twenty-eight
• Chapter Twenty-nine
• Chapter Thirty
• Chapter Thirty-one
• Chapter Thirty-two
• Chapter Thirty-three
• Chapter Thirty-four
• Chapter Thirty-five
• Chapter Thirty-six
• Part 4: October 1943
• Chapter Thirty-seven
• Chapter Thirty-eight
• Chapter Thirty-nine
• Chapter Forty
• Chapter Forty-one
• Chapter Forty-two
• Chapter Forty-three
• Chapter Forty-four
• Chapter Forty-five
• Part 5: Lisbon, January 1944
• Chapter Forty-six
• Chapter Forty-seven
• Historical Note
• Acknowledgements
• Touring the City of Spies
• Q with Mara Timon
• About the Author
• Copyright