S. W. Perry

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2026'An enthralling thriller ... hypnotically readable' ANDREW TAYLOR'A compelling tale of a world on the brink of war' THE TIMES'Ceaselessly entertaining' OBSERVERIn the heat of the desert, will the trail go col? airo, 1938Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he's a missing person. His daughter, Prim, hasn't seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she's never given up on him, and now she's on her way to Cairo to assist in the search. Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there's more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she's not going to like. As Prim and Harry uncover the layers of Archie's existence in Cairo, they find themselves drawn in to more than one conspiracy. And soon they'll discover that Archie may not be the only one in danger... Praise for S W Perry:'Powerful, panoramic' Sunday Times'Beautifully written, entirely convincing' Leonora Nattrass'Gripping and heartfelt' Elisabeth Gifford'Sweeping' Daily Mail

Cairo, 1938Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he''s a missing person.His daughter, Prim, hasn''t seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she''s never given up on him, and now she''s on her way to Cairo to assist in the search.Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there''s more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she''s not going to like.As Prim and Harry uncover the layers of Archie''s existence in Cairo, they find themselves drawn in to more than one conspiracy. And soon they''ll discover that Archie may not be the only one in danger...

Cairo, 1938Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he''s a missing person.His daughter, Prim, hasn''t seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she''s never given up on him, and now she''s on her way to Cairo to assist in the search.Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there''s more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she''s not going to like.As Prim and Harry uncover the layers of Archie''s existence in Cairo, they find themselves drawn in to more than one conspiracy. And soon they''ll discover that Archie may not be the only one in danger...

''A POWERFUL, PANORAMIC NOVEL OF WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH'' SUNDAY TIMES''What a love story'' Elizabeth Buchan''Gripping and heartfelt'' Elisabeth Gifford''Entirely convincing and authentic'' Leonora NattrassUNITED BY WAR. DIVIDED BY A SECRET.Berlin,1938. English spy Harry Taverner and Jewish-American photographer Anna Cantrell spend the night dancing at Berlin''s most elegant hotel as the Nazi shadow rises over Europe. Neither expects they will ever meet again.But once peace is declared, they reunite in the ruins of Berlin, where Anna is searching for her missing children. With the blockade tightening and the Soviets set on conquest, Harry and Anna walk a treacherous line between love and duty, loyalty and betrayal.And as the Cold War dawns, they are bound together by a secret that will only be revealed decades later, when Berlin finds itself on the cusp of another transformation...