Filip Hanzlík Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

An historical thriller featuring Marian Sutro, an ex-Special Operations agent, explores her romantic and political adventures in post-World War II London, as the Cold War begins to reshape loyalties. In spring 1945, as Allied forces approach Berlin, Marian emerges from the devastation of Germany, having last been known to her British handlers in autumn 1943 in Paris. A survivor of the Special Operations Executive, she has endured arrest, interrogation, and the horrors of Ravensbrück concentration camp, but at a significant personal cost. Returning to an unfamiliar England and a confusing postwar world, Marian seeks to ground her life amidst family and friends, yet she is haunted by her past and the guilt of her role in the war, which contributed to the atrocities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When Major Fawley, who disrupted her wartime mission, reappears, he entangles her in the complexities of the Cold War. This presents Marian with a chance to atone for her past while seeking her true identity. The narrative unfolds as a tale of divided loyalties and mixed motives, revealing a woman's quest for personal fulfillment that leads to shocking decisions.

In writer Simon Mawer's new novel, a banished priest discovers the fifth gospel, and with it, the power to bring down the Christian faith.

Rob and Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together and become top climbers, but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed and grief-stricken when he hears of Jamie's death after a fall on a relatively easy Welsh rockface. The past, though, hides the secret clues behind the tragedy. Layer by layer Simon Mawer peels back what happened, going not only into the friends' childhoods but that of their parents - who were also intimate. And there is no escaping that past - vividly imagined scenes in the London of the Blitz reveal how through two generations Rob and Jamie and their respective parents have been addicted - to desire and the heady dangers of climbing. Brilliantly structured as we move from past to present and back again, this novel will make Simon Mawer's literary reputation.