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Aly Monroe
Washington Shadow The war is over. The game has begun... September 1945. Britain has won the war but faces bankruptcy. John Maynard Keynes leads a delegation to Washington to beg for a loan from the US. On his second mission, Peter Cotton finds himself caught up in a shadowy battle for peace and influence involving an extraordinarily attractive girl from the US State Department, a Soviet ex-tank commander claiming to be his opposite number, an African academic, a code-breaker called Tibbets, a boss with a very quick fuse... and an Anglo-American conspiracy that will shape the post-war world.
'Vividly evoked' Literary Review
Publication Date: 5 November 2009
UK Publisher: John Murray
'COTTON IS THE SPY WHO BRINGS THE COLD IN WITH HIM...' Daily Telegraph
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Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. She has spent a large part of her life abroad - mostly in Spain, where she worked as a teacher, translator and voice-over, and ran Shakespeare workshops for teachers and actors. She is married and has three children.
The Maze of Cadiz September 1944. A young Intelligence officer is sent to Spain to investigate the death of the British agent in Cadiz. The first in the Peter Cotton series.
Mass market Paperback Publication Date: 17 September 2009
[An] accomplished debut... atmospheric... Joan Smith, Sunday Times
A stylish and impressive debut. Peter Cotton will be back. Adam le Bor, The Economist
Cotton's investigation is clever and fascinating. Matthew Lewin, the Guardian
A splendid debut mystery... terrific and convincing historical atmosphere; I am delighted that she is writing more Peter Cotton novels. Marcel Berlins, The Times
Washington Shadow The war is over. The game has begun...
Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. She has spent a large part of her life abroad - mostly in Spain, where she worked as a teacher, translator and voice-over, and ran Shakespeare workshops for teachers and actors. She is married and has three children. 
The Maze of Cadiz