I'm actually reading this one on my Nook. I really prefer paper books with real pages though, because the Nook makes me feel too removed from the story, for some reason, plus every time I went back to the story it was on the wrong page! Since this particular book was not available in print in the United States, however, I'm glad to have had the opportunity to acquire it electronically.
As usual, Kearsley melds the past and the present into an intriguing story, this one a thriller. The main character, Katie Murray, is a Canadian reporter on assignment at a trial in London. She is approached on the street by Arthur Deacon, an elderly man who has a story to tell her and comments mysteriously that she has her grandmother's eyes. Just after their meeting Arthur is run down in the street and killed, and on her return home to Canada, Katie talks to her grandmother, Amelia (known as Georgie) about the encounter with Arthur and discovers that he and Georgie share a mysterious past relationship. When her grandmother is shot sniper-style in her home Katie narrowly escapes injury herself and begins to realize that someone doesn't want the secrets of the past revealed and is willing to go to any length, even murder, to prevent that happening. So begins Katie's nightmare of trying to elude potential killers while working to discover who she can trust and what secrets are driving her pursuers. Kearsley takes us from Canada to Portugal to England, and back again, alternating between the present and World War II, giving us an inside look into British and American intelligence activities during the war. This one will make your heart beat faster with every page! If you have a Kindle or Nook, consider this one!
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