{"product_id":"books-ilium-by-lea-carpenter","title":"Ilium","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a covert special op\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Exquisite... \u003ci\u003eIlium\u003c\/i\u003e is like James Bond as told by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003e-Good Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The young English narrator of Lea Carpenter's dazzling new novel has grown up unhappily in London, dreaming of escape, pretending to be someone else and obsessed with a locked private garden. On the eve of her twenty-first birthday, at a party near that garden, she meets its charismatic and mysterious new owner, Marcus, thirty-three years older, who sweeps her off her feet. Before long they are married at his finca in Mallorca, and at last she has escaped into a new role - but at what price? On their honeymoon in Croatia, Marcus reveals there is something she can do for him--a plan is in place and she can help with \"a favor.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This turns out to be posing as an art advisor to a family on Cap Ferret, where Marcus asks her to simply \"listen.\" A helicopter deposits her at a remote, highly guarded and lavishly appointed compound on a spit of land in the Atlantic. It's presided over by an enigmatic, charming patriarch Edouard, along with his wife Dasha, children Nikki and Felix, and populated by a revolving cast of other guests--some suspicious, some intriguing, perhaps none, like her, what they seem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brilliantly compelling, this is a spellbinding and unexpectedly poignant story of a long- planned, high-stakes CIA-Mossad operation that only needed the right asset to complete.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53772310905105,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593470251.jpg?v=1783972905","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-ilium-by-lea-carpenter","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}