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‘A masterpiece’ – Lisa Scottoline

During one of the fiercest conflicts the world has ever known, three strangers’ lives collide . . .

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EVERY SECOND COUNTS

Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie Matters’ life has always been a fight for survival. He miraculously emerges unscathed from the Blitz, but there’s no telling when the next bomb will fall, and whether it will be the one to end his life.

Molly Wakefield’s dreams of a joyful homecoming are all she’s had to hold on to after being evacuated to the countryside five years before. But when she finally returns, Molly faces a London changed beyond recognition, and the devastating news that neither of her parents are there.

Charlie and Molly’s paths converge at ‘The Book Keep’, where they find an unexpected ally and protector in the bookshop’s owner, widower Ignatius Oliver. But the trio’s newfound peace is jeopardized as past secrets catch up with them. Can they help one another survive this turbulent time? Or will they be ripped apart from the last people they hold dear?

Journey back to wartime London with Strangers in Time, a gripping wartime drama from David Baldacci, the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man and A Calamity of Souls.

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KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.

‘A visceral reminder that war creates the most indefatigable bonds between unlikely souls’ – Jodi Picoult

‘A book that will stay with you’ – Ann Cleeves

‘Captivating, tender, brutal and brilliant’ – Peter James

‘Baldacci is the master’ – Jeffrey Archer

‘Baldacci is still peerless’ – Sunday Times

‘One of the world’s best thriller masters’ – Daily Mail

Publisher Review

A totally engrossing novel about war, friendship and the resilience of youth. A book that will stay with you * Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series * If Dickens had written a novel set in the WW2 London Blitz, he could not have bettered this. Captivating, tender, brutal and brilliant * Peter James, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Roy Grace series * David Baldacci’s foray into historical fiction is a meticulously precise account of what it was like to live through the Blitz in London – a visceral reminder that war not only levels social classes, but creates the most unlikely and indefatigable bonds between unlikely souls * Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name * Baldacci is still peerless * Sunday Times * One of the world’s best thriller masters * Daily Mail * Baldacci inhabits the skin of his creations – tripping us up with unexpected empathy and subtle identification * Sunday Express * Baldacci cuts everyone’s grass – Grisham’s, Ludlum’s, even Patricia Cornwell’s – and more than gets away with it * People * A master storyteller * Associated Press *