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The Ghosts Of RomeThe acclaimed wartime thriller and gripping holiday read: 2 (Rome Escape Line, 2)

Format: Paperback

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'As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this year or any year' Sunday Times

February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.


Inside the war-torn city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini works for the band of Escape Line activists known as 'the Choir'. Her mission is to smuggle Allied soldiers to safety, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.

During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.

Meanwhile, Hauptmann's attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him - one where the consequences could be lethal.

'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining' Liz Nugent

'Vivid and moving' Guardian

'A stellar piece of storytelling' Daily Mail

'Not just a wartime thriller, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures' New York Times

Author: Joseph O'Connor (all their books in stock)
Format: Paperback
Published: 2026
Pages: 384
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781529967029

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