{"product_id":"9781785762642-corpus","title":"Corpus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping spy thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping spy thriller for fans of Robert Harris from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller Rory Clements, author of the award-winning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNUCLEUS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1936 - \u003c\/b\u003eEurope is in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping spy thriller for fans of Robert Harris from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller Rory Clements, author of the award-winning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNUCLEUS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1936 - \u003c\/b\u003eEurope is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an exclusive London club, a conspiracy is launched that threatens the very heart of government. When a renowned society couple with fascist leanings are found brutally murdered, a maverick Cambridge professor is drawn into a world of espionage he knows only from history books. The deeper Thomas Wilde delves, the more he finds to link the murders with the girl with the silver syringe - and even more worryingly to the scandal surrounding the Abdication .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against the gathering drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to Cambridge, from Whitehall to the Kent countryside, and from the Fens to the Aragon Front in Spain, this sweeping international thriller, like C J Sansom's WINTER IN MADRID, marks the beginning of a brilliant new series for Rory Clements.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat the critics are saying about CORPUS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDramatic\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003epacy and assured\u003c\/b\u003e . Well crafted, it has all the pleasures of an \u003cb\u003eintriguing\u003c\/b\u003e lead character, \u003cb\u003eintricate plot\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003ehistorical context' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rory Clements's \u003cb\u003etimely spy thriller \u003c\/b\u003eset in the 1930s evokes a period of \u003cb\u003epolitical polarisation\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emistrust\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003esimmering violence\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eCorpus \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003cb\u003e fast-paced \u003c\/b\u003eand there are plenty of \u003cb\u003ered herrings\u003c\/b\u003e to keep you guessing. This is the first of a \u003cb\u003epromising\u003c\/b\u003e series and Wilde is a likeable hero' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e novel, \u003cb\u003erich in deceptions\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eintrigue\u003c\/b\u003e, shows the reach of Stalin and Hitler into every class of British society, threatening violence on horrific scale.\u003ci\u003e Corpus\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e a standout historical novel and spy thriller\u003c\/b\u003e'  \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323975553121,"sku":"9781785762642","price":8.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36396225_c5b7bee3-b137-49b7-9a4a-2a9b0efd37ed.jpg?v=1759465861","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785762642-corpus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}