The Guardian of Lies - Kate Furnivall

1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge.

Eloise Caussade was raised near Arles in the Camargue, idolising her older brother, André. When he leaves to become a CIA Intelligence Officer in Paris, she soon follows him. Having exchanged the confines of her father’s farm for a life of freedom, her world comes alive.

Everything changes when André is injured – a direct result of Eloise’s actions. Eloise follows her brother home, but Arles is in a state of unrest and conflict. Those who are angry at the construction of the American air base nearby, confront those who support it, and anger flares into violence, stirred up by Soviet agents.

Throughout all this unrest, Eloise relentlessly hunts the person who betrayed her brother, but she is learning to look at those she loves with different eyes. She no longer knows who she can trust.

Who is working for Soviet Intelligence and who is not?

And what side do her own family lie on?