A thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms

A truly gripping, hugely atmospheric and vastly complicated spy thriller Daily Mirror A book which immerses the reader in the coffee-house capital to create a highly accomplished romantic thriller - Christian House Independent on Sunday A pacy and involving page-turner that explores the myriad ways we lie to ourselves and others Daily Mail Superb; hand-on-heart, may-the-Lord-strike-me-down-terrific - Charles Cumming Spectator An intricately plotted world of spies, lies and the double cross Sunday Telegraph A gleeful celebration of storytelling - sly,clever, frequently hilarious,always involving ... the literary event of the year The Times

William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year.