Death in Focus (Elena Standish Book 1)

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry brings us an exciting new
thriller of espionage and murder set across Europe in the 1930s. The world is
on the brink of war and no one is to be trusted as young photographer Elena
Standish becomes embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse...

It is 1933 and Europe is a place of increasing fear and violence. Young
British photographer Elena Standish is on assignment in Amalfi when she meets
Ian Newton, a charming Englishman with whom she falls in love. But what does
she really know about him?

Accompanying him on a train across Italy to Paris, she finds him critically
stabbed and dying. He tells her he is a member of Britain's Secret Service, on
his way to Berlin to warn MI6 so that they can foil a plot to assassinate one
of Hitler's vilest henchmen and blame Britain for it, thus causing a
devastating diplomatic crisis. Elena promises to deliver the message. But she
is too late, and finds herself fleeing for her life.

Meanwhile Lucas Standish, secret head of MI6 during the war, learns that his
beloved granddaughter is being hunted in Berlin for murder. With Elena on the
run, and at least one traitor in the British Embassy, it is impossible to know
who to trust...

Praise for Anne Perry's previous novels:

'A brilliant Victorian police procedural in which well-realized characters and
settings are fascinating in themselves' Booklist

'Engrossing... Perry has always excelled in courtroom scenes and arguments
between barristers, and she outdoes herself in two dramatic trials'Washington
Times Daily

'Perry balances plot and character neatly before providing a resolution that
few will anticipate'Publishers Weekly