Publisher: Magpie
Step forward Daphne Devine - you are about to change the course of the war
‘A breathtaking historical thriller.’ Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key
June 1940. As World War Two rages, Daphne Devine remains in London, performing each night as assistant to stage magician Jonty Trevelyan, aka the Grand Mystique.
Then the secret service call.
For, aware of Hitler’s belief in the occult, the war office has set up a hidden cohort to exploit this quirk in the enemy’s chain of command.
Daphne and Jonty find themselves far from the glitz and glamour of the theatre, deep inside the lower levels of Wormwood Scrubs prison. Here, they join secret ranks of occultists, surrealists, and other eccentrics co-opted to the war effort. There is one goal: to avert invasion on British shores.
Soon Daphne realises she must risk everything if there is any chance of saving her country
Firstly thank you to RandomThings Book Tours, Magpie and Syd Moore for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
Now normally when I see that a book is set during World War Two I avoid it, it's a period that I'm generally not a fan of reading about because of family history and it always brings forward strong emotions, But this blurb was too good and I stepped out of my comfort zone for it. And boy am I glad I did. Syd Moore's writing instantly draws you into the story, from the War Memos, propaganda and various typed sections that break up parts of the book from Daphne's point of view to hearing what she and Jonty get drawn into you are engulfed into that world. From the first chapter where you can feel the tension coming off the pages to the mild exasperation from Daphne when she is in the Section W meeting room for the first time, every emotion that Syd Moore writes comes off the page at you and brings you into that moment with the character.
I was completely hooked from pretty much the first page, but definitely after that first chapter, I sat reading and lost the day to it happily and I honestly can't wait to see what happens with the rest of this series. At least I'm crossing my fingers that this is the beginning of a series because I've really enjoyed stepping into this wartime world and it caused me to see what else Syd Moore has written so now I have a pile of her books to read through, Essex witches series here I come!
Krystina xx
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