Nemesis - Rory Clements

For readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and William Boyd, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - by the Sunday Times bestseller and Crime Writer's Association award-winning author of Corpus and Nucleus, Rory Clements.Can a ruthless spy ring change the course of war? In
a great English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most
powerful and influential figures in the land - but this is no ordinary
seduction.
She plans to ensure his death . . .
On holiday in
France, Professor Tom Wilde discovers his brilliant student Marcus
Marfield, who disappeared two years earlier to join the International
Brigades in Spain, in the Le Vernet concentration camp in the foothills
of the Pyrenees. Wilde secures his release just as German tanks roll
into Poland. Meanwhile, a U-boat sinks the liner Athenia
in the Atlantic with many casualties, including Americans, onboard.
Goebbels claims Churchill put a bomb in the ship to blame Germany and to
lure America into the war.
As the various strands of an
international conspiracy begin to unwind, Tom Wilde will find himself in
great personal danger.
For just who is Marcus Marfield?
And where
does his loyalty lie?
For readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and William Boyd, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - by Sunday Times bestseller and author of Corpus and Nucleus, Rory Clements.'A masterpiece of spies, intrigue and political shenanigans' Sunday ExpressPraise for RORY CLEMENTS'A dramatic, twisty thriller' Daily Mail 'Dramatic . . . pacy and assured' Daily Mail 'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times 'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian'Sends a shiver down your spine' Daily Mail'A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph