A superb thriller, romance and spy novel from ‘The best in his field since Buchan’ Observer
Arabesque is a love story that takes us to the colourful crossroads of the Middle East at the height of World War II
Armande Herne – half English, half French and impassively beautiful – is sitting out the war in Beirut with no visible means of support. The rumour is she’s a spy. But, as conflict between British and French, Jew and Arab whirl around her, it is a British security sergeant who finds her. Soon they are embroiled in a plot, rich with adventure and intrigue.
Arabesque is a love story that takes us to the colourful crossroads of the Middle East at the height of World War II
Armande Herne – half English, half French and impassively beautiful – is sitting out the war in Beirut with no visible means of support. The rumour is she’s a spy. But, as conflict between British and French, Jew and Arab whirl around her, it is a British security sergeant who finds her. Soon they are embroiled in a plot, rich with adventure and intrigue.
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