A Dangerous Game By: Mandy Robotham

• The book is titled A Dangerous Game
• It’s written by international bestselling author Mandy Robotham
• It’s a brand new tale from her
• The story is set in 1950s London
• It explores themes of revenge, guilt, and redemption
• Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, praises it as “gripping” and “sweetened by love”
• Suzanne Kelman, author of The Bookseller of Paris, calls it “A truly brilliant read” that she “couldn’t put down!”
• The year is 1952 in London
• It’s seven years after the chaotic end of World War II
• London is described as coming alive again
• Jazz clubs are flourishing
• Cinema awnings are flickering and lighting up the night sky
• The main character is Helen ‘Dexie’ Dexter
• Dexie is a widowed woman
• She’s trying to make her way in what’s still very much a man’s world
• She desperately wants to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police
• However, she’s currently stuck with mundane tasks
• Her duties include intervening in domestic disputes
• She also has to make tea for her male colleagues
• A new character arrives: Harri Schroder
• Harri is seconded to the Met from Hamburg
• He is haunted by the loss of his wife and child
• Dexie finds him to be unlike any man she’s known before
• He is compassionate and sharp-witted
• Crucially, Harri sees Dexie not as a threat, but as an intelligent, canny officer with great potential.