Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook
Rees Celia
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition
Description: 466 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Germany, 1946. A reluctant spy is born
A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn and compassionate Joanne HarrisCelia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most irresistible and unique story hooks Ive ever come across. This book deserves to be huge! Sophie Hannah An ordinary woman. A book of recipes. The perfect cover for spying
Sent to Germany in the chaotic aftermath of World War II, Edith Graham is finally getting the chance to do her bit. Having taught at a girls school during the conflict, she leaps at the opportunity to escape an ordinary life but Edith is not everything she seems to be.Under the guise of her innocent cover story, Edith has been recruited to root out Nazis who are trying to escape prosecution. Secretly, she is sending coding messages back to the UK, hidden inside innocuous recipes sent to a friend after all, who would expect notes on sauerkraut to contain the clues that would crack a criminal underground networkBut the closer she gets to the truth, the muddier the line becomes between good and evil. In a dangerous world of shifting loyalties, when the enemy wears the face of a friend, who do you trust
ISBN: 9780008347123
(208920)