The Secret Guests - Softcover

Black, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241305314 ISBN 13: 9780241305317

Verlag: Penguin, 2020

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For fans of The Crown comes an enthralling historical mystery set during the Second World War

It is 1940 and the bombs are falling thick and fast on London. The royal family must do all they can to assure the British public of their solidarity. But what of the two young princesses - Elizabeth and Margaret? How can they be kept safe without jeopardizing morale in the capital?

Meanwhile Celia Nashe is delighted when she finally gets her long-awaited transfer to MI5. But whatever she was expecting of her mission for the war effort, it wasn't this. A crumbling castle in remote, rural Ireland, playing nursemaid to two pampered young girls.

But her posting soon turns out to be very far from tame. Questions are being asked by the locals about the identities of Celia's secret charges. And when a dead body turns up at the castle gates, it will take every effort to uncover the truth, and to stop it from coming to light.

'Elegant and witty. Fans of The Crown will enjoy this playful novel' Times

'Brilliantly entertaining' Irish Times

'Black is a master of high-class crime fiction' Guardian

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Benjamin Black is the pen name of acclaimed author John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fifteen novels, including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. In 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature, and in 2014 the Quirke novels were adapted into a major BBC TV series. This is the seventh book in the acclaimed Quirke series.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0241305314
• ISBN 13: 9780241305317
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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