
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.

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/

Blog Tour Schedule
Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
16th March
Christian Bookaholic
@stephsbookland
17th March
@teaandbooks90
Let us talk of many things...
18th March
Becca’s Book Reviews
A Knight’s Reads
19th March
Book Mark!
Stacey-Ann Says
20th March
Chez Maximka
21st March
Frugal Freelancer
Pickled Thoughts and Pinot
22nd March
C L Tustin -Author
Is This Mutton
23rd March
Being Anne
24th March
Pen and Paper
25th March
The Book Elf