{"product_id":"miss-grahams-cold-war-cookbook-a-novel","title":"Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel","description":"\"A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn and\ncompassionate\"--Joanne Harris\n\n\"Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most\nirresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This book\ndeserves to be huge!\"--Sophie\nHannah\n\n\nA striking historical novel about an ordinary young British\nwoman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany\nthat will appeal to fans of The Huntress and Transcription.\nWorld War II has just\nended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which\noversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British\ncivilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war\ncrimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and\nunwilling to live with her overbearing\nmother any longer, thirtysomething Edith Graham applies for a job with the Commission—but she is\nalso recruited by her cousin, Leo, who is in the Secret Service. To them, Edith is perfect spy material...single,\nordinary-looking, with a college degree in German. Cousin Leo went\nto Oxford with one of their most hunted war criminals, Count Kurt von Stavenow, who Edith remembers all too well from before the war. He\nwants her to find him.\nIntrigued by the\nchallenge, Edith heads to Germany armed with a convincing cover story: she's an unassuming Education Officer sent to help resurrect German schools. To send\ninformation back to her Secret Service handlers\nin London, Edith has crafted the perfect alter ego, cookbook author Stella\nSnelling, who writes a popular magazine cookery column. She embeds crucial intelligence within the recipes she\ncollects. But occupied Germany is awash with other spies, collaborators, and\nopportunists, and as she's pulled into their world, Edith soon discovers that\nno one is what they seem to be. The closer she gets to uncovering von Stavenow's whereabouts--and the network of German civilians\nwho still support him--the greater the danger.\n\nWith a unique, compelling\npremise, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is a beautifully\ncrafted and gripping novel about daring, betrayal, and female friendship.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062938010\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.0062938010.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rees, Celia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Crisp copy with a sturdy binding and light shelf wear. Used copies may not include access codes or CDs.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262797336881,"sku":"GBV.0062938010.VG","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/0062938010-0.jpg?v=1779312798","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/miss-grahams-cold-war-cookbook-a-novel","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}