The Crash: gripping and unforgettable WW2 historical fiction from the acclaimed author of The Liberation

· Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Emma Powell
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Paris, Christmas 1933. The Strasbourg express crashes into a local train outside Paris, leaving wreckage and broken bodies strewn on the tracks. On board is Gilles Malroux. In the chaos and confusion, he swaps his identity papers with a stranger, steals a suitcase and vanishes.

Gilles' sister Camille, notified of the accident, rushes to the hospital to find a stranger wrapped in bandages in her brother's place. In her desperate search to find Gilles, she must now unravel a web of lies and corruption. Who is this man, the one who holds the key to everything, and the one Camille finds she is learning to love? And what danger is she racing towards?

The Crash is a masterpiece of fiction: intricately researched, beautifully written, and both a deeply moving love story and nuanced examination of identity and survival.

Praise for Kate Furnivall's storytelling:
'A masterclass in historical fiction writing. An absolute triumph!' DINAH JEFFERIES
'Kate Furnivall has really steeped herself in the period and faced the horrors of those times' DILLY COURT
'The plotting is ingenious and the writing beautifully atmospheric' GILL PAUL
'Unforgettable characters negotiate desperate times in this vivid, brave and suspenseful novel' RACHEL HORE
'Kate Furnivall has a gift for description, heartbreak and joy'JANE CORRY
'A harrowing and compelling portrait' FIONA VALPY

About the author

Kate Furnivall is the author of twelve novels, including THE RUSSIAN CONCUBINE, THE LIBERATION and THE GUARDIAN OF LIES. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and have been on the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller lists. Kate lives in Devon with her husband.

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