The Secret Guests
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The Secret Guests
For fans of The Crown comes an enthralling historical mystery set during the Second World War.
It is 1940, and the bombs are falling thick and fast on London. The royal family must do all they can to assure the British public of their solidarity. But what of the two young princesses - Elizabeth and Margaret? How can they be kept safe without jeopardising morale in the capital?
Meanwhile, Celia Nashe is delighted when she finally gets her long-awaited transfer to MI5. But whatever she was expecting of her mission for the war effort, it wasn't this. A crumbling castle in remote, rural Ireland, playing nursemaid to two pampered young girls.
But her posting soon turns out to be very far from tame. Questions are being asked by the locals about the identities of Celia's secret charges. And when a dead body turns up at the castle gates, it will take every effort to uncover the truth and to stop it from coming to light.
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The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black is praised for its elegant and witty writing, with particular appeal to fans of historical dramas like The Crown. It is described as brilliantly entertaining and resonates with high-class crime fiction in the tradition of literary noir.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241305317
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 February 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 202g
Pages: 288
About the Author
B.W. Black is the pseudonym of acclaimed novelist John Banville. For his fiction he has won the Man Booker Prize, the Irish PEN Award and the Franz Kafka Prize. His series of crime novels - published under the name of Benjamin Black - have received widespread critical acclaim and in 2014 were adapted into a major BBC TV series. He lives in Dublin.
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