When the Cold War ended, it wasn’t just the Berlin Wall that came tumbling down. The lies of half a century risked exposure. Ben, the Winter Archivist, is on their trail. A fool’s errand or the chance of a lifetime? On his sudden death, Catherine is the unexpected heir of his archive. She reconstructs Ben’s past and finds she has bitten off more than she can chew. She must seek the truth that eluded Ben.
This is Stephen Morris’ second novel. His first, Memoir, A Novel by Stella Kelly, was published by Austin Macauley in 2019.