ONLY SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH. ONLY HE CAN TELL THE WORLD. PRE-ORDER 2023's MOST EXTRAORDINARY THRILLER...

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe

MOSCOW, 1964: A US diplomat caught in a clandestine love affair as the Cold War rages

RIGA, 1992: A Russian archivist selling secrets that will change the twentieth century forever

LONDON, THE PRESENT DAY: A British academic on the run with the chance to solve one of history's greatest mysteries

Their stories, their lives, and the fate of the world are bound by a single manuscript.

A document feared and whispered about in capitals across the globe

In its pages, history will be rewritten. It is only ever known as . . .

THE SCARLET PAPERS

The devastating secrets contained within teased by a brief invitation:

Tomorrow 11AM. Take a cab and pay in cash. Tell no one.