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100			_aMcIntosh, Fiona, _d1960- _eauthor. _911462
245	1	4	_aThe pearl thief / _cFiona McIntosh.
260			_a[Melbourne, Victoria] : _b Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, _c2018.
300			_a500 pages ; _c24 cm.
520			_aSeverine Kassel is asked by the Louvre in 1963 to aid the British Museum with curating its antique jewellery, her specialty. Her London colleagues find her distant and mysterious, her cool beauty the topic of conversations around its quiet halls. No one could imagine that she is a desperately damaged woman, hiding her trauma behind her chic, French image. It is only when some dramatic Byzantine pearls are loaned to the Museum that Severine's poise is dashed and the tightly controlled life she's built around herself is shattered. Her shocking revelation of their provenance sets off a frenzied hunt for Nazi Ruda Mayek. Mossad's interest is triggered and one of its most skilled agents comes out of retirement to join the hunt, while the one person who can help Severine - the solicitor handling the pearls - is bound by client confidentiality. As she follows Mayek's trail, there is still one lifelong secret for her to reveal - and one for her to discover. From the snowy woodlands outside Prague to the Tuileries of Paris and the heather-covered moors of Yorkshire comes a confronting and heart-stopping novel that explores whether love and hope can ever overpower atrocity in a time of war and hate.
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650		0	_aArt museum curators _vFiction. _943494
650		0	_aWar criminals _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century _vFiction. _943495
650		0	_aWorld War, 1938-1945 _vFiction. _943496
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655		0	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _968
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650		0	_98799 _aSecrecy _vFiction.
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