{"product_id":"9781472257277","title":"Death in Focus (Elena Standish Book 1)","description":"Author: Anne Perry\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472257277\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Sep 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Anne Perry brings us an exciting new thriller of espionage and murder set across Europe in the 1930s.  The world is on the brink of war and no one is to be trusted as young photographer Elena Standish becomes embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1933 and Europe is a place of increasing fear and violence. Young British photographer Elena Standish is on assignment in Amalfi when she meets Ian Newton, a charming Englishman with whom she falls in love. But what does she really know about him?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying him on a train across Italy to Paris, she finds him critically stabbed and dying. He tells her he is a member of Britain's Secret Service, on his way to Berlin to warn MI6 so that they can foil a plot to assassinate one of Hitler's vilest henchmen and blame Britain for it, thus causing a devastating diplomatic crisis.  Elena promises to deliver the message. But she is too late, and finds herself fleeing for her life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile Lucas Standish, secret head of MI6 during the war, learns that his beloved granddaughter is being hunted in Berlin for murder.  With Elena on the run, and at least one traitor in the British Embassy, it is impossible to know who to trust...\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Anne Perry's previous novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant Victorian police procedural\u003c\/b\u003e in which \u003cb\u003ewell-realized characters and settings are fascinating in themselves\u003c\/b\u003e'  \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/b\u003e... Perry has always\u003cb\u003e excelled in courtroom scenes and arguments between barristers\u003c\/b\u003e, and she \u003cb\u003eoutdoes herself\u003c\/b\u003e in two dramatic trials'\u003ci\u003eWashington Times Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Perry \u003cb\u003ebalances plot and character neatly\u003c\/b\u003e before providing \u003cb\u003ea resolution that few will anticipate\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717722001566,"sku":"ADS-9781472257277","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472257277.jpg?v=1776128959","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472257277","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}