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City of Diamonds

By Fiona Schneider
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Pre-order the brand new novel from the international sensation behind The Paris Affair: Brugge 2003: Reeling after her fiancé, Felix, leaves her without a trace, Cleo is left with only the engagement ring. Determined to return it to Felix’s grandmother, Ada, she travels to Brugge only... Read More
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Pre-order the brand new novel from the international sensation behind The Paris Affair:

Brugge 2003: Reeling after her fiancé, Felix, leaves her without a trace, Cleo is left with only the engagement ring. Determined to return it to Felix’s grandmother, Ada, she travels to Brugge only to discover the ring holds more secrets than anyone could ever have imagined.

Antwerp 1941: Having been recruited by the SEO, Ada has returned to the city of diamonds, and her fiancé. Her mission? Send coordinates back to London for bombing targets. How? She’ll use her wedding parure to send jewellery hiding the coordinates to Hatton Garden.

But when Ada falls in love with her handler, Lucien, their mission turns her world upside down. And the course of both their lives, and the future of Antwerp, lie in the balance.

Will Cleo uncover what happened to both Ada, and the missing diamonds...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405982221

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Fiona Schneider lives in Cambridgeshire with her German husband and three children. She graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English, and in 2000 moved to Ireland to complete a M. Phil. in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. The Paris Affair was her English Language debut novel.

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