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Waiting For Sunrise
by William Boyd
 A thrilling, plot-twisting novel set in Europe during the First World War, from the author of Any Human Heart , Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms . Moving from Vienna to London's West End, from the battlefields of France to hotel rooms in Geneva, it is a mesmerising delve into the human psyche as well as being a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe.
Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city's pre-eminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately drawn to her, unaware of how destructive the consequences of their subsequent affair will be. One year later, home in London, Lysander finds himself entangled in the dangerous web of wartime intelligence - a world of sex, scandal and spies that is slowly, steadily, permeating every corner of his life...
... A truly gripping, hugely atmospheric and vastly complicated spy thriller ...
The Expats
by Chris Pavone
 Kate Moore is an expat mum, newly transplanted from Washington D.C. In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg, her days are filled with play dates and coffee mornings, her weekends spent in Paris or skiing in the Alps. Kate is also guarding a secret - one so momentous it could destroy her neat little expat life - and she suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be; plus her husband is acting suspiciously. As she travels around Europe, she finds herself looking over her shoulder, terrified her past is catching up with her.
As Kate begins to dig, to uncover the secrets of those around her, she finds herself buried in layers of deceit so thick they threaten her family, her marriage - and her life.
... astonishing international thriller guaranteed to keep you hooked to the very last page ... Stunningly assured ... an intricate, suspenseful plot that is only resolved in the final pages ...
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