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THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH

‘Strange alliances, personal vendettas and Cold War conspiracies build to a bloody climax in the snow’ – The Times Thriller of the Month

‘This is a proper page-turning high-stakes thriller’ Crime Time

From the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, a gripping suspense-filled thriller in the frozen North . . .

Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . .

When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the evidence of another sinister disaster on the Norway-Russia border – one that appears far from innocent. Mother Russia will stop at nothing to prevent this information from being revealed, putting Amelia and her team in grave danger from the moment they leave the site.

When the news reaches London, the eyes of British intelligence turn to the one man with the knowledge and skills to bring her back to safety – and find out what has really happened in the frozen North.

Major Tom Fox thought he’d put his intelligence career behind him, but wrapped in a custody battle for his young son, Charlie, a request from his high-ranking father-in-law forces his hand. When the reluctant spy reaches Russia, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary mission.

As Fox and Amelia fight for their lives – and their country – in Russia, Charlie is lead into dangers of his own in England. Three lives are about to be embroiled in the darkest secrets of the Cold War conflict – and a plot that, if left unchecked, will echo through history . . .

Praise for Jack Grimwood

‘If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice’ Val McDermid

‘Cold War thrillers – so atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly’ – Marian Keyes

‘The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page-turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember’ BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

‘For those who enjoy vintage le Carré’ Ian Rankin

‘Mesmerising . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers’ Financial Times

‘Your new favourite thriller writer’ Independent

‘Top-notch … the suspense never wavers’ Crimetime

‘The rejuvenation of the espionage thriller continues apace’ Guardian

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C4GL3G5Z
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (November 16, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 16, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2954 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 414 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0241348331

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).

“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal

On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.

Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.”

At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.

Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown; First Edition (April 30, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385348746
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385348744
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.43 x 1.41 x 9.52 inches