The Translator

Harriet Crawley

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Bitter Lemon Press
01 June 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense

A passionate love story, centred on a devastating Russian plot to sabotage the undersea communication cables linking the US to the UK.

Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after over a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina Volina, is now the interpreter to the Russian President. At the embassy, Clive learns of a Russian plot to cut the undersea cables linking the US to the UK, which would paralyse communications and collapse the Western economy.

Marina stuns Clive with the news that she's ready to help stop the attack, betraying her country for a new identity and life. Clive becomes the go-between, relaying Marina's intelligence to MI6 back in London. What are the odds that two lovers, running the Moscow marathon with the FSB on their backs, can save the UK and Western Europe from economic meltdown?

'A classic thriller of the new Cold War.' - Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad

'Unputdownable' - Xan Smiley, The Economist

'A gripping, prophetic and ingenious novel of love and political intrigue' - Owen Matthews, author of Overreach and Red Traitor

'Prescient and pacey, this book sizzles with the author's expertise.' - Edward Lucas, author of The New Cold War: Putin's Threat to Russia and the West

By: Harriet Crawley
Imprint: Bitter Lemon Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781913394837
ISBN 10: 1913394832
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harriet Crawley has been a journalist, writer, and art dealer, worked in television and radio, and she stood for the Westminster and European Parliaments. A fluent Russian speaker, Harriet was married to a Russian, sent her son to state school in Moscow where she worked for almost twenty years in the energy sector. She speaks five languages and this is her fifth book.

Reviews for The Translator

Wall Street Journal: 'An espionage tale and a Romeo-and-Juliet romance zipped into one irresistible package.'The Sunday Times Best Thriller Books of 2023: 'Enthralling' The Times Thriller of the Month: 'Wonderfully Realised' Financial Times Best Summer Thrillers of 2023: 'Engaging spy story...in a Moscow full of menace' 'A classic thriller of the new Cold War.' Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad. 'Unputdownable'--Xan Smiley, The Economist'A gripping, prophetic and ingenious novel of love and political intrigue in the new Cold War. A real page-turner.' Owen Matthews, author of Overreach and Red Traitor 'Prescient and pacey, this book sizzles with the author's expertise.' Edward Lucas, author of The New Cold War: Putin's Threat to Russia and the West