TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hollows, M J,
TI  - The German messenger.
SN  - 9780008537029
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - HQ Fiction
KW  - Women journalists
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Kidnapping
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Extortion
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Liverpool (England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - George VI, 1936-1952
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Spy fiction
N2  - "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
ER  -