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The Secretary is going on tour with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability. 

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The Secretary by Deborah Lawrenson


Genre: Cold War espionage, historical fiction, women’s history

Tour Dates: 16th - 25th March 2025

Publication Date: 28th February 2025

Publisher: The Book Guild

Estimated Page Count: 320

Standalone Novel

Formats available: Epub and UK Paperbacks

Types of post available: Reviews (preferred) and basic promo / spotlight posts

Pre-order Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secretary-Deborah-Lawrenson/dp/1835741436

Moscow, 1958. At the height of the Cold War, MI6 secretary Lois Vale is on a deep cover mission to identify a diplomatic traitor. She can trust only one man: Johann, a German journalist also working covertly for the British secret service. As the trail leads to Vienna and the Black Sea, Lois and Johann begin an affair but as love grows, so does the danger to Lois.


A tense Cold War spy story told from the perspective of a bright young working class woman recruited to MI6 at a time when men were in charge of making history and women were expendable.


Authentic and historical details are provided by the 1958 diary kept in Moscow by the author’s own mother, who worked for British intelligence. 

About Deborah Lawrenson


Deborah Lawrenson spent her childhood moving around the world with diplomatic service parents, from Kuwait to China, Belgium, Luxembourg and Singapore. She read English at Cambridge University and worked as a journalist in London. She has written eight novels and her writing is praised for its vivid sense of place. The Art of Falling was a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick in 2005. The Lantern was published to critical acclaim in the USA, chosen for the Channel4 TV Book Club in the UK and shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year 2012. Her novel 300 Days of Sun, set in Portugal, was selected as a Great Group Read for the WNBA National Reading Group Month in October 2016 in the USA. Her novels have been translated into twelve languages.


​Follow Deborah Lawrenson


Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/DeborahLawrensonAuthor

Twitter:   https://x.com/deb_lawrenson

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/deborah.lawrenson/

Website: https://www.deborah-lawrenson.co.uk/

Shari Low Author Photo

Blog Tour Schedule


Maximum 3 stops per day.  Confirmed blogs will appear here. 


16th March

  1. Christian Bookaholic

  2. @stephsbookland


17th March

  1. @teaandbooks90

  2. Let us talk of many things...


18th March

  1. Becca’s Book Reviews

  2. A Knight’s Reads

19th March

  1. Book Mark!

  2. Stacey-Ann Says


20th March

  1. Chez Maximka


21st March

  1. Frugal Freelancer

  2. Pickled Thoughts and Pinot


22nd March

  1. C L Tustin -Author

  2. Is This Mutton


23rd March

  1. Being Anne

  2. ramblingmads.com


24th March

  1. Pen and Paper

25th March

  1. The Book Elf




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