The Guardian of Lies
the most thrilling historical wartime spy novel you'll read this year
By: Kate Furnivall
Paperback | 31 January 2019
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Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Survivors.
1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting allegiances.
Eloïse Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, André, and when he leaves to become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to help protect France, she soon follows him. Having exchanged the strict confines of her father's farm for a life of freedom in Paris, her world comes alive.
But everything changes when André is injured - a direct result of Eloise's actions. Unable to work, André returns to his father’s farm, but Eloïse’s sense of guilt and responsibility for his injuries sets her on the trail of the person who attempted to kill him.
Eloïse finds her hometown in a state of unrest and conflict. Those who are angry at the construction of the American airbase nearby, with its lethal nuclear armaments, confront those who support it, and anger flares into violence, stirred up by Soviet agents. Throughout all this unrest, Eloïse is still relentlessly hunting down the man who betrayed her brother and his country, and she is learning to look at those she loves and at herself with different eyes. She no longer knows who she can trust. Who is working for Soviet Intelligence and who is not? And what side do her own family lie on?
About the Author
Kate Furnivall is the author of eight novels, including the international bestseller The Russian Concubine. She lives in Devon.
Industry Reviews
Louise Candlish
'Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Kate Furnivall has a talent for creating places and characters who stay with you long after you’ve read the final word'
Jane Corry
'Exquisitely heart-wrenching & utterly engrossing'
Penny Parkes
'A thrilling, compelling read. Wonderful!'
Lesley Pearse
‘Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric’
Kate Mosse
‘A thrilling plot … Fast-paced with a sinister edge’
Times
‘Truly captivating’
Elle
‘Perfect escapist reading’
Marie Claire
ISBN: 9781471172342
ISBN-10: 1471172341
Published: 31st January 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 416
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 2.7 x 19.8 x 13.2
Weight (kg): 0.3
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