pacy and assured' Daily Mail 'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence' The Times 'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express 'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian 'A colourful history lesson .

June 1939. England is partying like there's no tomorrow . . . but the good times won't last. The Nazis have invaded Czechoslovakia, in Germany Jewish persecution is widespread and, closer to home, the IRA has embarked on a bombing campaign.

Most worryingly of all, in Germany Otto Hahn has made the atomic bomb possible. And German High Command knows Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory could be close behind; they must discover its secrets before it is safe to wage war.

When one of the Cavendish's finest brains is murdered, Professor Tom Wilde is drawn into the investigation and he unveils a conspiracy in which the fate of the world rests on the discovery of a kidnapped child.

Can he discover the truth before it's too late?


'A convincingly detailed thriller' DAILY MAIL

'Dark history with a thrilling fictional edge' LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

'A pacy and dramatic historical spy thriller' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

In trademark Clements style, there are plot strands and twists aplenty as immaculately researched real history and a gripping sense of time and place blend seamlessly with a full-throttle, suspense-packed spy mystery