The Scarlet Papers : ‘The best spy novel of the year’ SUNDAY TIMES

Published 07/12/2023 | Paperback / softback,
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‘A breathtaking thriller. A classic in the making’ PETER JAMES’Hugely impressive and compelling’ WILLIAM BOYD’Look out for The Scarlet Papers . . . Engrossing’ STEVE CAVANAGHVIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi EuropeMOSCOW, 1964: A US diplomat caught in a clandestine love affair as the Cold War ragesRIGA, 1992: A Russian archivist selling secrets that will change the twentieth century foreverLONDON, THE PRESENT DAY: A British academic on the run with the chance to solve one of history’s greatest mysteriesTheir stories, their lives, and the fate of the world are bound by a single manuscript.

A document feared and whispered about in capitals across the globeIn its pages, history will be rewritten. It is only ever known as . . . THE SCARLET PAPERSThe devastating secrets contained within teased by a brief invitation:Tomorrow 11AM. Take a cab and pay in cash. Tell no one.

‘Smart, slick and totally gripping . . . The Scarlet Papers is always credible, always startling and almost painfully human. A total triumph’ TONY PARSONS’A masterpiece’ TIM GLISTER’Grand in scope and packed with fascinating insights’ MICK HERRON’An extraordinary novel’ HOLLY WATT’Addictive, original and outrageously entertaining . . . Matthew Richardson proves himself a writer of huge talent and skill’ CHARLOTTE PHILBY’An epic read!’ JEREMY DUNS