A darker reality
Perry, Anne2021
Book
1934. On a family trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish is delighted to visit her mother's parents for their anniversary and celebrate with influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent scientist. Even Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt will attend the party. But the event comes to a sudden and tragic end when one of the guests, Lila Worth, is run over by a car in the driveway outside. Elena realizes that Lila had been trying to tell her something, and when a call from Peter Lucas back home at MI6 confirms that Lila was a British spy, Elena pairs with the American secret service to find out what vital information the young woman had in her possession.
Main title:
A darker reality / Anne Perry.
Author:
Perry, Anne, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2021.©2021
Collation:
356 pages ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Elena Standish ; 3.
Notes:
"Even those closest to her are impossible to trust..." --Front cover.
ISBN:
9781472275202 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Standish, Elena (Fictitious character) -- FictionGreat Britain. MI6 -- FictionConspiracies -- FictionWomen photographers -- FictionSecret service -- United States -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century -- FictionUnited States -- History -- 20th century -- FictionThrillers (Fiction)Spy fictionAction and adventure fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
386617