04216cam a2200457 4500 262184292 TxAuBib 20160318120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553393927 0553393928 B013NIBB3A Amazon 08d7d7a2-d13f-4c08-84d9-288969fa7160 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 246355 2476036 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Thynne, Jane. The Pursuit of Pearls [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1215kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1215kB. 20th century historical fiction. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. British historical fiction. historical crime novel. historical spy novel. world war ii germany. spy thriller. spy mystery. HTML:<b>Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, Robert Harris, and Susan Elia MacNeal, here is the next thrilling historical novel featuring Clara Vine, the British actress and special agent who glides through the upper echelons of Nazi society, covertly gathering key intelligence—and placing herself in mortal peril.</b><br /> <br /> In the spring of 1939, the drums of war beat throughout Europe, but nowhere more ferociously than in Berlin. The film studio where Clara Vine works is churning out movies, but each day that she stays in Germany is more dangerous than the last. Spying on the private life of the Third Reich, passing secrets to contacts in British intelligence, falling into a passionate affair—any of these risky moves could get Clara shot. So she is wholly shaken when someone close to her is murdered instead. The victim is Lottie Franke, an aspiring costume designer and student at the prestigious Faith and Beauty finishing school that trains young women to become the wives of the Nazi elite. While the press considers Lottie's death in the Grunewald forest the act of a lone madman, Clara uncovers deeper threads, tangled lines that seem to reach into the darkest depths of the Reich—and to a precious discovery that Hitler and his ruthless cohorts would kill for.<br /> <br /> <b>Previously published in the U.K. as <i>Faith and Beauty</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>Praise for Jane Thynne's first Clara Vine novel, <i>The Scent of Secrets</i></b><br /> <br /> "A brilliant tale of spies and secrets, of intense psychological drama, of edgy climax and one extraordinary heroine."<b>—Beatriz Williams, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Hundred Summers</i></b><br /> <br /> "A compelling story of love and betrayal in Hitler's Berlin . . . Peppered with real-life characters, this series offers a fascinating glimpse of the extraordinary world of the Nazi wives."<b>—Daisy Goodwin, author of <i>The American Heiress</i></b><br /> <br /> "An alluring blend of thrills, suspense, historic detail, and seduction."<b>—Susan Elia MacNeal, author of the Maggie Hope series</b><br /> <br /> "An extraordinary, absorbing read with an array of characters so real you're there with them as war looms, and a pace that sweeps you from page to page. This is indeed a winner!"<b><i>—</i>Charles Todd, author of Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries</b>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-05-12 20:00:02. http://westtexas.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=08d7d7a2-d13f-4c08-84d9-288969fa7160 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=08d7d7a2-d13f-4c08-84d9-288969fa7160&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=08d7d7a2-d13f-4c08-84d9-288969fa7160&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=08d7d7a2-d13f-4c08-84d9-288969fa7160&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CRSBY