{"product_id":"nemesis-book-rory-clements-9781785769092","title":"Nemesis","description":"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 Express   Praise 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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49549332480273,"sku":"GOR010256370","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50452961952017,"sku":"GOR010728324","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50688953909521,"sku":"GOR010348804","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51844901994769,"sku":"GOR014424091","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/178576909X.jpg?v=1751428205","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/nemesis-book-rory-clements-9781785769092","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}