Washington Shadow

September 1945. Bankrupt and desperate, Britain sends John Maynard Keynes to boom town Washington to beg for a loan. Under cover of the backup team, agent Peter Cotton is sent to investigate the break-up of America s wartime intelligence agency.

Cotton finds himself caught up in a world of shadows involving an extraordinarily attractive girl from the US State Department, a Soviet ex-tank commander claiming to be his opposite number, a contrarian African academic, an ambitious, quick-tempered boss from the world of misinformation . . . and an Anglo-American conspiracy that will change the world of post-war intelligence for ever.

Short-listed for CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2010

“"The deliberate anticlimax is a bold and broadly justified gesture of confidence in the power of her sense of time, place and character to charm the reader into a story told entirely on her own terms."”

Monroe has a sure grasp of period detail and a remarkable gift for creating memorable characters - Mail on Sunday

Praise for the first in the Cotton series, The Maze of Cadiz:

'A splendid debut mystery' - The Times

Clever and fascinating - Guardian

An impressive novel with an extraordinary, dream-like atmosphere . . . The next can't come too soon - Financial Times

Cotton's investigating is clever and fascinating - Guardian

Stands out from the current glut of period thrillers. Four stars - Mail on Sunday

The deliberate anticlimax is a bold and broadly justified gesture of confidence in the power of her sense of time, place and character to charm the reader into a story told entirely on her own terms - Daily Telegraph

Plenty of room for future development - TLS

Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. Trained in linguistics, she has lived abroad - mostly in Spain - and speaks several languages. She is married and has three children. Washington Shadow is the second book in the Peter Cotton series, The first, Maze of Cadiz, and the third, Icelight, shortlisted for the 2012 Ellis Peters Award for Historical Fiction, are also available from John Murray. You can find out more about Peter Cotton and Aly Monroe via her website, or at , through her official facebook page at Aly, and you can follow her on Twitter at _aly.

September 1945. Bankrupt and desperate, Britain sends John Maynard Keynes to boom town Washington to beg for a loan. Under cover of the backup team, agent Peter Cotton is sent to investigate the break-up of America s wartime intelligence agency.Cotton finds himself caught up in a world of shadows involving an extraordinarily attractive girl from the US State Department, a Soviet ex-tank commander claiming to be his opposite number, a contrarian African academic, an ambitious, quick-tempered boss from the world of misinformation . . . and an Anglo-American conspiracy that will change the world of post-war intelligence for ever.

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