Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel
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"A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn and compassionate"—Joanne Harris
"Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most irresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This book deserves to be huge!"—Sophie Hannah
A striking historical novel about an ordinary young British woman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany that will appeal to fans of The Huntress and Transcription.
World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and unwilling to live with her overbearing mother any longer, thirtysomething Edith Graham applies for a job with the Commission—but she is also recruited by her cousin, Leo, who is in the Secret Service. To them, Edith is perfect spy material...single, ordinary-looking, with a college degree in German. Cousin Leo went to Oxford with one of their most hunted war criminals, Count Kurt von Stavenow, who Edith remembers all too well from before the war. He wants her to find him.
Intrigued by the challenge, Edith heads to Germany armed with a convincing cover story: she's an unassuming Education Officer sent to help resurrect German schools. To send information back to her Secret Service handlers in London, Edith has crafted the perfect alter ego, cookbook author Stella Snelling, who writes a popular magazine cookery column. She embeds crucial intelligence within the recipes she collects. But occupied Germany is awash with other spies, collaborators, and opportunists, and as she's pulled into their world, Edith soon discovers that no one is what they seem to be. The closer she gets to uncovering von Stavenow's whereabouts—and the network of German civilians who still support him—the greater the danger.
With a unique, compelling premise, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is a beautifully crafted and gripping novel about daring, betrayal, and female friendship.
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Celia Rees. (2020). Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Celia Rees. 2020. Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Celia Rees. Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2020.
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"Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most irresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This book deserves to be huge!"—Sophie Hannah
A striking historical novel about an ordinary young British woman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany that will appeal to fans of The Huntress and Transcription.
World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and unwilling to live with her overbearing mother any longer, thirtysomething Edith Graham applies for a job with the Commission—but she is also recruited by her cousin, Leo, who is in the Secret Service. To them, Edith is perfect spy material...single, ordinary-looking, with a college degree in German. Cousin Leo went to Oxford with one of their most hunted war criminals, Count Kurt von Stavenow, who Edith remembers all too well from before the war. He wants her to find him.
Intrigued by the challenge, Edith heads to Germany armed with a convincing cover story: she's an unassuming Education Officer sent to help resurrect German schools. To send information back to her Secret Service handlers in London, Edith has crafted the perfect alter ego, cookbook author Stella Snelling, who writes a popular magazine cookery column. She embeds crucial intelligence within the recipes she collects. But occupied Germany is awash with other spies, collaborators, and opportunists, and as she's pulled into their world, Edith soon discovers that no one is what they seem to be. The closer she gets to uncovering von Stavenow's whereabouts—and the network of German civilians who still support him—the greater the danger.
With a unique, compelling premise, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is a beautifully crafted and gripping novel about daring, betrayal, and female friendship.
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In her first book for adults, YA author Rees provides the perfect tale for readers seeking a Cold War novel starring a female protagonist and an espionage element that is devoid of the female objectification found in the Bond novels and the like. Edith Graham is a thirtysomething single woman seeking adventure. At the end of World War II, the British have established the Control Commission for Germany, an organization that employs British civilians to rebuild the defeated nation. Initially, Edith applies to work as an Education Officer, tasked with restoring the German schools. But when her cousin Leo, a member of the Secret Service, discovers her application, he recruits her to help him find her former lover, Kurt von Stavenow, a war criminal who is also wanted by the Russians and the Americans. Edith is a natural, camouflaging the intelligence she discovers in recipes attached to her letters. However, Germany is full of spies and many are intent on protecting her target. The closer Edith gets to finding von Stavenow, the greater danger she is in.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)
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