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A Truth to Lie For
Summer 1934. British intelligence learns that German scientists may have made a significant advance in biological warfare, and Elena Standish is sent back to Berlin. With Jacob Ritter’s help she must discover what has been achieved and prevent the research from being turned into a weapon before the Nazi state closes off every route of escape.
The mission coincides with the Night of the Long Knives, when Hitler moves violently against political rivals within the Nazi movement. Elena’s grandfather’s former adversary Johann Paulus has risen within the regime, while Hans Beckendorff, husband of Elena’s childhood friend, is forced to confront what loyalty to the new government now means. The investigation places private relationships inside the increasingly dangerous machinery of dictatorship, where scientific work, political ambition and personal survival are becoming inseparable.
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