A Treachery of Spies pdf

Манда Скотт (1962 г.р.) - бывший ветеринарный хирург, пятнадцать лет проработавшая в Ньюмаркете и Кембридже, специализируясь на анестезии и интенсивной терапии, а теперь работает писателем, блоггером, обозревателем и время от времени телеведущим. Она родилась и получила образование в Глазго, Шотландия, обучалась в Школе ветеринарной медицины Университета Глазго, а сейчас живет и работает в Шропшире. Манда Скотт сначала сделала себе имя как писатель-криминалист. Ее первый роман, «Куриные зубы», был номинирован на премию Orange Prize 1997 года. Ее четвертый фильм, «No Good Deed», был номинирован на премию Эдгара 2003 года.

A Treachery of Spies pdf Манда Скотт

A Treachery of Spies is an espionage thriller to rival the very best, a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, played in the shadows, which will keep you guessing every step of the way.
An elderly woman of striking beauty is found murdered in Orleans, France. Her identity has been cleverly erased but the method of her death is very specific: she has been killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two.
Tracking down her murderer leads police inspector Inès Picaut back to 1940s France where the men and women of the Resistance were engaged in a desperate fight for survival against the Nazi invaders.
To find answers in the present Picaut must discover what really happened in the past, untangling a web of treachery and intrigue that stretches back to the murder victim's youth: a time when unholy alliances were forged between occupiers and occupied, deals were done and promises broken. The past has been buried for decades, but, as Picaut discovers, there are those in the present whose futures depend on it staying that way – and who will kill to keep their secrets safe...