Midnight in Vienna

By: Jane Thynne

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Paperback | 10 June 2025 | Edition Number 1

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432 Pages

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19.8 x 13.0 x 3.2

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'Gripping and surprising' Observer

'Evocative . . . highly enjoyable' The Times

'Sharply drawn characters' Financial Times

'Thrilling' Spectator

'Truly wonderful' Crime Time

Historical espionage at its very best. Set in 1938 in London and Vienna, a tense and atmospheric thriller told against a backdrop of uncertainty and fear as World War Two threatens.

As war looms over Britain and there is talk of gas masks and blackout, people are understandably jumpy and anxious. Stella Fry, who's been working in Vienna for a Jewish family, returns home with no job and a broken heart. She answers an advertisement from a famous mystery writer, Hubert Newman, who needs a manuscript typed. She takes on the job and is shocked the next day to learn of the writer's sudden, unexplained death. She is even more surprised when, twenty-four hours later, she receives Newman's manuscript and reads the Dedication:

To Stella, spotter of mistakes.

Harry Fox, formerly of Special Branch and brilliant at surveillance, has been suspended for some undisclosed misdemeanor. He has his own reasons for being interested in Hubert Newman. He approaches Stella Fry to share his belief that the writer's death was no accident.

What's more, since she was the last person to see Newman, she could be in danger herself.

Industry Reviews

Evocative in its period detail and gripping in its narrative drive, this is a highly enjoyable novel - The Times

The action moves between the elegance of Vienna and the paranoia of London with consummate readability. Gripping and surprising - Observer

All the key characters are sharply drawn in this very enjoyable tale - Financial Times

A beautifully crafted historical thriller with charismatic main characters from a gifted writer. More Fox and Fry tales, please - Irish Independent

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