Atkinson, Kate creator author. text bibliography Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction). Spy fiction. nyu 2018 First United States edition. monographic eng

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343 pages ; 25 cm "In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence."-- Kate Atkinson. Includes bibliographical references. e-uk--- Great Britain. MI5 Officials and employees Fiction Women radio producers and directors Fiction Nineteen fifties Fiction PR6051.T56 T73 2018d 823/.914 Atkinson, Kate. London : Doubleday, 2018 9780316176637 031617663X 9780316176637 031617663X 2018934828 Little Brown & Co, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109, (617)2270730 YDX 180116 20190502002620.0 6883667 eng