About this ebook
The time is the last two weeks of peace in the summer of 1939. The place is Berlin, the most brilliantly lit city in Europe. Cathleen O'Dea has come from Hollywood to Germany to star in a film. But that is not the real purpose of her visit. She is in Berlin to trace her missing mother.
About the author
Jon Cleary (1917 – 2010) was an Australian author whose illustrious career spanned over five decades. He began his Scobie Malone mystery series in the 1960s with the now-classic The High Commissioner. Several of his works were adapted for film and mini-series.
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