Our Woman in Moscow
Books | Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II
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Beatriz Williams
"A captivating Cold War page-turner." — Real SimpleThe New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion.In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the family’s sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service? Or have the Digbys defected to Moscow with a trove of the West’s most vital secrets?Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the twin sister she hasn’t seen since their catastrophic parting in Rome in the summer of 1940, as war engulfed the continent and Iris fell desperately in love with an enigmatic United States Embassy official named Sasha Digby. Within days, Ruth is on her way to Moscow, posing as the wife of counterintelligence agent Sumner Fox in a precarious plot to extract the Digbys from behind the Iron Curtain.But the complex truth behind Iris’s marriage defies Ruth’s understanding, and as the sisters race toward safety, a dogged Soviet KGB officer forces them to make a heartbreaking choice between two irreconcilable loyalties.
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Author
Beatriz Williams
Pages
464
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2021-06-01
ISBN
0063020815 9780063020818
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"I enjoyed the read, liked the unique concept and point of view, and a twist I really didn't see coming but... You knew there was a but coming didn't you? Here it is and I wonder how other readers feel about it. The way the author removed her characters from the suspenseful situation at the end. To me it felt too convenient and contrived, one of those out of the blue things, with no real explanation. BUT, yes, it is still a good read."
"Loved this book! I wished it didn’t end. I still think about the characters which means it really well done."
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Karen DeBellis