One of âthe heirs to John le CarrĂ©â The Times
âA tremendous achievementâ WILLIAM BOYD
âBehold the new Golden Age of Spy Kingsâ Sunday Times
To betray, you must first belongâŠ
In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history.
Then she was written out of it.
Drawing on the Secret Intelligence Files on Edith Tudor-Hart, along with the private archive letters of Kim Philby, this finely worked, evocative and beautifully tense novel â by the granddaughter of Kim Philby â tells the story of the woman behind the Third Man.
A future classic:
âA fine achievementâ THE TIMES
âCompletely fascinating. A sophisticated and brilliantly constructed fictional retelling of a crucial relationship in 20th century espionage history. A tremendous achievementâ WILLIAM BOYD
âAtmospheric and rigorously researchedâ Sunday Times
âPersuasive⊠involving⊠impressiveâ LITERARY REVIEW
âA fascinating contribution to the literature of the Cambridge spies by a clever, nimble writer with some genuine skin in the gameâ CHARLES CUMMING
âComplex and powerfully written⊠a persuasive repurposing of the lives of real-life figuresâ i NEWSPAPER
âA dextrous writer who gives her tale a quickening, thrillerish propulsionâ NEW STATESMAN
âMother, lover, revolutionary, spy⊠Philbyâs stunning fourth novel thrusts this former bit-player in the Cambridge Spy scandal to the centre stage where she belongs⊠Her best book yetâ ERIN KELLY
âBlending SIS files and imagined letters from her grandfather, Philby shines a spotlight on Edith Tudor-Hart as activist, spy and often desperate single, working motherâ SARAH VAUGHAN
âCompletely absorbingâ MICK HERRON
âA tense and brilliantly structured story of power and intrigueâ JANE SHEMILT
âUnforgettable⊠a fascinating exploration of a key moment in history and a stunning piece of fictionâ HOLLY WATT