Via Berlin

In the shadow of approaching war, American diplomat Paul Hartwell finds himself entangled in a web of espionage and forbidden passion in Berlin. As Germany and Japan grow increasingly hostile toward the United States, Hartwell must navigate a treacherous landscape where every dinner party conceals a potential betrayal and every whispered confession could cost lives. A smoldering romance with a woman connected to the highest echelons of German power threatens to compromise everything he has sworn to protect, while government secrets slip through his fingers like sand. Marriott crafts a tale where diplomatic niceties mask deadly serious games, and where the personal and political collide with devastating consequences. This is espionage fiction before the genre found its hard-boiled voice: seductive, politically charged, and utterly of its moment. For readers who crave the tense atmosphere of wartime intrigue combined with the electric danger of a love that could destroy nations.