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Hollows, M J,

The German messenger./ M.J. Hollows - London HQ Fiction, 2023. - 369 p. 23 cm

"Liverpool, 1940. "Where's George?" Ruth didn't realise that she had grabbed hold of the other woman's arms. "Where's my son?" Journalist Ruth Holt is struggling in the terror of the Blitz when her young son is suddenly snatched away in broad daylight. Soon after, the kidnappers' demands arrive. They are working with the Nazis, and she has no choice but to co-operate, or the authorities will learn that she is harbouring secrets of her own. Ruth's job gives her access to critical information, and if she does not share it with Britain's enemies, her child will face the consequences. Desperate, she falsifies information, lying to everyone: her employers, her family and her lover. But as the demands increase, the knife edge she walks on grows increasingly thin. If she falls, she will never save her son."--Publisher.

ISBN: 9780008537029 000853702X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women journalists--England--London--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Investigation --England --Fiction.
Extortion--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--England--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Liverpool (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Spy fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]