Description
Book 2 in the Peter Cotton spy thriller series, for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris.
'Addictive' Sunday Telegraph
'Monroe provides terrific and convincing historical atmosphere; I am delighted that she is writing more Peter Cotton novels' The Times
The war is over. The game has begun.
September 1945. Bankrupt and desperate, Britain sends John Maynard Keynes to boom town Washington to beg for a loan. Under cover of the backup team, agent Peter Cotton is sent to investigate the break-up of America's wartime intelligence agency.
Cotton finds himself caught up in a world of shadows involving an extraordinarily attractive woman from the US State Department, a Soviet ex-tank commander claiming to be his opposite number, a contrarian African academic, an ambitious, quick-tempered boss from the world of misinformation . . . and an Anglo-American conspiracy that will change the world of post-war intelligence for ever.
The Peter Cotton spy thriller series:
Book 1: The Maze of Cadiz
Book 2: Washington Shadow
Book 3: Icelight
Book 2: Black Bear
Short story: Redeemable
About the Author
Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. Trained in linguistics, she has lived abroad - mostly in Spain - and speaks several languages. She is married and has three children. Washington Shadow is the second book in the Peter Cotton series, The first, Maze of Cadiz, and the third, Icelight, shortlisted for the 2012 Ellis Peters Award for Historical Fiction, are also available from John Murray. You can find out more about Peter Cotton and Aly Monroe via her website, www.alymonroe.com or at www.johnmurray.co.uk, through her official facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Monroe.Aly, and you can follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/monroe_aly.
Reviews
'Monroe has a sure grasp of period detail and a remarkable gift for creating memorable characters' * Mail on Sunday *
Praise for the first in the Cotton series, The Maze of Cadiz:
'A splendid debut mystery'
'Clever and fascinating' * Guardian *
'An impressive novel with an extraordinary, dream-like atmosphere . . . The next can't come too soon' * Financial Times *
'Cotton's investigating is clever and fascinating' * Guardian *
'Stands out from the current glut of period thrillers. Four stars' * Mail on Sunday *
'The deliberate anticlimax is a bold and broadly justified gesture of confidence in the power of her sense of time, place and character to charm the reader into a story told entirely on her own terms' * Daily Telegraph *
'Plenty of room for future development' * TLS *
Praise for the first in the Cotton series, The Maze of Cadiz:
'A splendid debut mystery'
'Clever and fascinating' * Guardian *
'An impressive novel with an extraordinary, dream-like atmosphere . . . The next can't come too soon' * Financial Times *
'Cotton's investigating is clever and fascinating' * Guardian *
'The deliberate anticlimax is a bold and broadly justified gesture of confidence in the power of her sense of time, place and character to charm the reader into a story told entirely on her own terms' * Daily Telegraph *
'Plenty of room for future development' * TLS *
Awards
Short-listed for CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9780719520938
Author Aly Monroe
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 26mm
