"Set across two cities in the grip of WWII, this page-turning tale of two female radio operatives makes for an immersive, atmospheric experience."
Un-put-down-able for fans of female-fronted historic novels and fictionalised accounts of the WWII period, Mandy Robotham’s The War Pianist teems with tension, courage, code-cracking and atmosphere as two women put everything on the line for the resistance.
It’s July 1940, and Marnie is an unmarried 32-year-old working as an assistant producer for the BBC in London, a city under siege from nightly blitz bombings. During one such attack, Marnie’s beloved grandfather is killed. When she returns to the debris of his premises and discovers a radio, it transpires that he’d been working as an undercover pianist (radio operative) for the Dutch resistance. Having grown up learning Morse code as a fun game with her granddad, she decides to step into his shoes when invited by his contact, Willem.“Fighting this bloody monster of fascism,” gives Marnie palpable purpose.
Meanwhile Corrie, another female pianist, is at the other end of Marnie’s transmissions in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. When Willem vanishes, Marnie takes a huge risk by heading to Amsterdam, and both women find themselves facing the gravest of dangers.
Richly detailed, and propelled by spritely pace, a spirit of courage, and rising tension as it seems there might be a traitor in the women’s midst, The War Pianist is an accomplished war-time thriller with bags of character.
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The next gripping and heartbreaking WWII historical fiction novel from international bestseller, Mandy Robotham.
Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code.
July, 1940
Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been working undercover as a radio operative – or pianist – for the Dutch resistance, Marnie knows she must complete his mission – no matter the cost…
Nazi-occupied Amsterdam: At the other end of the wireless, fellow pianist Corrie Bakker is caught in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to keep her loved ones out of the line of fire – even if it means sacrificing herself…
Bound together by the invisible wires of their radios, the two women lead parallel lives in their home cities, as both are betrayed by those they trust the most. But when the Nazis close in on one of them, only the other can save her…
Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives?
The War Pianist features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Historical romance, Fiction, Thriller and Suspense
The War Pianist is available in Paperback, Ebook (Epub)
The War Pianist was written by Mandy Robotham and published by AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
£1.87
