The Pursuit of Pearls by Jane Thynne

The Pursuit of Pearls by Jane Thynne

Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, Robert Harris, and Susan Elia MacNeal, here is the next thrilling historical novel featuring Clara Vine, the British actress and special agent who glides through the upper echelons of Nazi society, covertly gathering key intelligence--and placing herself in mortal peril

In the spring of 1939, the drums of war beat throughout Europe, but nowhere more ferociously than in BerlinThe film studio where Clara Vine works is churning out movies, but each day that she stays in Germany is more dangerous than the lastSpying on the private life of the Third Reich, passing secrets to contacts in British intelligence, falling into a passionate affair--any of these risky moves could get Clara shotSo she is wholly shaken when someone close to her is murdered insteadThe victim is Lottie Franke, an aspiring costume designer and student at the prestigious Faith and Beauty finishing school that trains young women to become the wives of the Nazi eliteWhile the press considers Lottie's death in the Grunewald forest the act of a lone madman, Clara uncovers deeper threads, tangled lines that seem to reach into the darkest depths of the Reich--and to a precious discovery that Hitler and his ruthless cohorts would kill for

Previously published in the UKas Faith and Beauty

Praise for Jane Thynne's first Clara Vine novel, The Scent of Secrets

A brilliant tale of spies and secrets, of intense psychological drama, of edgy climax and one extraordinary heroine--Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of A Hundred Summers

A compelling story of love and betrayal in Hitler's Berlin Peppered with real-life characters, this series offers a fascinating glimpse of the extraordinary world of the Nazi wives--Daisy Goodwin, author of The American Heiress

An alluring blend of thrills, suspense, historic detail, and seduction--Susan Elia MacNeal, author of the Maggie Hope series

An extraordinary, absorbing read with an array of characters so real you're there with them as war looms, and a pace that sweeps you from page to pageThis is indeed a winner --Charles Todd, author of Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries

Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela and educated in London. After graduating from Oxford, she worked for the BBC, The Sunday Times, and The Daily Telegraph. She continues to freelance as a journalist while writing her historical fiction. Her novels, including the Clara Vine series, have been published in French, German, Greek, Turkish, Italian, and Romanian. The widow of Philip Kerr, she has three children and lives in London, where she is working on her next novel.

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ISBN 13	9780553393866
ISBN 10	0553393863
Title	The Pursuit of Pearls
Author	Jane Thynne
Series	Clara Vine
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2016-05-03
Number of pages	512
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