The charismatic protagonist from María Dueñas's international
bestseller The Time In Between returns in a sweeping novel of love and
intrigue set against the tumultuous aftermath of World War II.
Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally
ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and
the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive.
Fate has other plans for Sira.
Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the
murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic
violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test.
Forced to reinvent herself again, Sira travels to England and adopts a
new identity as a journalist dispatched to Spain. But as her skills at
cunning duplicity are put into play, the ghosts of her past follow, bent
on wreaking havoc in her life.
Moving from turbulent Jerusalem and austere London to Franco's Madrid
and colonial Tangier, and peopled with formidable real-life historical
figures, Sira cuts an unforgettable path through the danger,
stratagems, chaos, and promise of some of the most momentous events of
the postwar era.
