My first impression from the cover was this was likely some sort of chick lit so i might not be that interested, but the blurb had me intrigued enough to read more.
Can't beat a war setting for intrigue, this book jumps back and forward from a pre war Paris/Berlin where the grandmother was the titled Diplomat's Wife to 1979 where she and her grandson are taking a tour of her old haunts from back then. But it turns out she had more in mind than just touring, when the grandson finds a revolver in her luggage he knows there's more to the story. As they tour around we get pieces of the story from back in the day, how she was betrayed by her husband so decided to pass information to the communists to get her own back. She thought the British Secret Service had killed her brother so also used that as justification for betraying her country too. But as ever there was more to the story, and we get deeper into it as she meets one after another of the people from back in the day who miraculously for being during war time are all still alive (for now).
The idea was strong but felt the execution was a little English countryside, dealing with spies should be more exciting than lunching in hotels then touring around lakes, dropping in to a house for tea, the odd murder here and there takes place with ease and no-one seems that bothered about the aftermath.
Can't beat a war setting for intrigue, this book jumps back and forward from a pre war Paris/Berlin where the grandmother was the titled Diplomat's Wife to 1979 where she and her grandson are taking a tour of her old haunts from back then. But it turns out she had more in mind than just touring, when the grandson finds a revolver in her luggage he knows there's more to the story. As they tour around we get pieces of the story from back in the day, how she was betrayed by her husband so decided to pass information to the communists to get her own back. She thought the British Secret Service had killed her brother so also used that as justification for betraying her country too. But as ever there was more to the story, and we get deeper into it as she meets one after another of the people from back in the day who miraculously for being during war time are all still alive (for now).
The idea was strong but felt the execution was a little English countryside, dealing with spies should be more exciting than lunching in hotels then touring around lakes, dropping in to a house for tea, the odd murder here and there takes place with ease and no-one seems that bothered about the aftermath.