Their FinestFrom the author of the acclaimed Crooked Heart comes another smart, funny, ingenious, revealing tale of London life during the Second World War (The Independent)longlisted for the Orange Prize upon its original publication in England. It is 1940. France has fallen, and only a narrow strip of sea lies between Great Britain and invasion. The war could go either way and everyone must do their bit. Young copy writer Catrin Cole is drafted into the

frightening

and researches the Barnett family’s history

they discover instead the unlikeliest of suspects—a decorated Iraq War veteran with close ties to the Mayfield family

Luckily twelve-year-old Sargent Singer

one a young boy

compulsively readable and even occasionally shocking

Pulled unwittingly into the conflict

frustration

the inquisitive teenager pursues the mystery

Homemade Sin

He observes the fall of a dictator in Manila

in control of their shared body