I was blown away by how good this book was. This book follows two main characters, Emma and her grandson Phil. Emma was the wife of a diplomat (as the title suggests) and she wants to spend the summer taking a trip to places she lived with her husband when they were younger, and Phil comes along to escort her. Then begins the dual narrative of Emma recounting her time as a diplomat’s wife whilst they travel around Europe, but it turns out that time was pretty exciting as it was rife with spies, betrayal and secrets and the past starts to catch up with Emma and Phil...
I love the way this novel was plotted, and the dual narrative was used perfectly so the jumps back and forth weren’t confusing at all. Although I found the book a bit slow to start, once I got into the journey I genuinely couldn’t put the book down because I wanted to know more and figure out all the secrets the characters were hiding. There were plenty of twists and turns and spies and murder, which are all aspects of a novel I enjoy, and I definitely didn’t see the ending coming but it was very satisfying. I liked the characters and felt they were realistic - they all had strengths and flaws and there were times I agreed with their actions and times I didn’t. Overall, it was a very enjoyable novel and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery/thriller as this is one of the best I’ve read in a while. This book surprised me by how much I enjoyed it and I would read anything else by this author.
I love the way this novel was plotted, and the dual narrative was used perfectly so the jumps back and forth weren’t confusing at all. Although I found the book a bit slow to start, once I got into the journey I genuinely couldn’t put the book down because I wanted to know more and figure out all the secrets the characters were hiding. There were plenty of twists and turns and spies and murder, which are all aspects of a novel I enjoy, and I definitely didn’t see the ending coming but it was very satisfying. I liked the characters and felt they were realistic - they all had strengths and flaws and there were times I agreed with their actions and times I didn’t. Overall, it was a very enjoyable novel and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery/thriller as this is one of the best I’ve read in a while. This book surprised me by how much I enjoyed it and I would read anything else by this author.