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went on a buying binge a couple of weeks ago in Tesco and picked up this book among others. Future posts to come :)
I was drawn to this book because I was reading a lot of crime novels there for a while and wanted something a bit lighter. Although this book in particular is full of twists and turns, spies, love, and war. Right up my street at the minute. This book particularly called out to me because the central characters are journalists and I worked as a journalist for two years there and would love to continue it in the future. #SomeoneEmployMe
This is two tales of love and betrayal twisted into one story. The past clashes with the present when Abby Gordon discovers an old photograph in a collection she's putting together for the Royal Cartography Institute. The photograph is of Rosamund Bailey and Dominic Blake, when Abby discovers that Dominic went missing two weeks after the photo was taken and that Rosamund is still alive, she invites her to the Great British Explorers collection opening.
It's at the opening where Abby meets Chronicle journalist, Elliot Hall. Together they unearth the hidden story behind the photo and help Abby come to terms with her marriage problems. Her husband Nick, slept with a client of his after Abby failed to become pregnant after IVF treatments.
The story flashes between Abby's life and the beginning of Ros' life with Dominic. The more Abby and Elliot unearth about Dominic, the murkier the waters become. Was he a spy for the British, was he a spy for the Russians, was he a double agent or was he who he said he was?
Abby's life dramatically changes after the collection opening. Her hours are cut at the Institute so she freelances as a researcher for the Chronicle and ends up flying to Russia to meet with ex KGB members and goes to high class parties with Elliot.
It's an interesting story with a lot of background stories and really great characters. Nick, Ros and the people Abby meets to discover what happened to Dominic Blake are fascinating. They each have their part to play and are really well researched and thought out.
The story concludes in a happy ending which I won't tell you what because it's obviously essential to the plot as is Rosamund's story so to find out what happens you're just going to have to read the book.
Hope you enjoy it! I would love to live the kind of journalism life that Abby or even Ros lived. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work like that in real life and if it does I've seriously missed out, haha!
Annie xx
went on a buying binge a couple of weeks ago in Tesco and picked up this book among others. Future posts to come :)
I was drawn to this book because I was reading a lot of crime novels there for a while and wanted something a bit lighter. Although this book in particular is full of twists and turns, spies, love, and war. Right up my street at the minute. This book particularly called out to me because the central characters are journalists and I worked as a journalist for two years there and would love to continue it in the future. #SomeoneEmployMe
This is two tales of love and betrayal twisted into one story. The past clashes with the present when Abby Gordon discovers an old photograph in a collection she's putting together for the Royal Cartography Institute. The photograph is of Rosamund Bailey and Dominic Blake, when Abby discovers that Dominic went missing two weeks after the photo was taken and that Rosamund is still alive, she invites her to the Great British Explorers collection opening.
It's at the opening where Abby meets Chronicle journalist, Elliot Hall. Together they unearth the hidden story behind the photo and help Abby come to terms with her marriage problems. Her husband Nick, slept with a client of his after Abby failed to become pregnant after IVF treatments.
The story flashes between Abby's life and the beginning of Ros' life with Dominic. The more Abby and Elliot unearth about Dominic, the murkier the waters become. Was he a spy for the British, was he a spy for the Russians, was he a double agent or was he who he said he was?
Abby's life dramatically changes after the collection opening. Her hours are cut at the Institute so she freelances as a researcher for the Chronicle and ends up flying to Russia to meet with ex KGB members and goes to high class parties with Elliot.
It's an interesting story with a lot of background stories and really great characters. Nick, Ros and the people Abby meets to discover what happened to Dominic Blake are fascinating. They each have their part to play and are really well researched and thought out.
The story concludes in a happy ending which I won't tell you what because it's obviously essential to the plot as is Rosamund's story so to find out what happens you're just going to have to read the book.
Hope you enjoy it! I would love to live the kind of journalism life that Abby or even Ros lived. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work like that in real life and if it does I've seriously missed out, haha!
Annie xx
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