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Elena Standish

The Elena Standish series follows a British photographer recruited into intelligence work as fascism and Nazism spread across Europe in the 1930s. Elena’s assignments take her through Italy, Germany, Austria, the United States and the English country-house world, where photographs, diplomatic contacts and family relationships become sources of both evidence and danger.

The five novels combine espionage with the history of appeasement, political violence and the weakening of democratic institutions. Elena’s work repeatedly tests the loyalties of her MI6 family and colleagues, showing how private betrayal and ideological conviction can prepare the ground for international war.

Reading order

Books in this series (5 books)

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#1 – Death in Focus

Anne Perry

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…

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#3 – A Darker Reality

Anne Perry

The third novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, set in the 1930s when the world was a place of increasing fear and uncertainty... Spring, 1934. With the threat of war looming, political…

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#4 – A Truth to Lie For

Anne Perry

The fourth novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring British secret agent Elena Standish, who will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to survive what lies ahead... It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two…

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#5 – The Traitor Among Us

Anne Perry

The corpse's proximity to the estate sends ripples of concern through the intelligence community: Repton was killed while surveilling the members of a household with alleged ties to fascists who threaten the security of the country, as Hitler's influence spreads across Europe. Elena Standish is assigned…