title: Corpus: A gripping spy thriller for fans of Robert Harris's MUNICH
author: Rory Clements (author)
description: From an earlier edition: FROM THE AWARD-WINNING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found dead in her Cambridge bedroom, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers. In a London club, three senior members of the British establishment light the touch paper on a conspiracy that will threaten the very heart of government. Even the ancient colleges of Cambridge are not immune to political division. Dons and students must choose a side: right or left, where do you stand? When a renowned member of the county set and his wife are found horribly murdered, a maverick history professor finds himself dragged into a world of espionage which, until now, he has only read about in books. But the deeper Thomas Wilde delves, the more he wonders whether the murders are linked to the death of the girl with the silver syringe - and, just as worryingly, to the scandal surrounding King Edward VIII and his mistress Wallis Simpson...Set against the drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to Cambridge, from Whitehall to the Kent countryside, and from the Fens to the Aragon Front in Spain, this big canvas international thriller marks the beginning of a major new series from bestselling author Rory Clements.
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  **Praise for**
  
  
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  ‘Dramatic . . . pacy and assured . . . Well crafted, it has all the pleasures
  of an intriguing lead character, intricate plot and fascinating historical
  context’
  
  
  **_DAILY MAIL_**
  
  
  ‘Enjoyable, bloody and brutish’
  
  
  **_GUARDIAN_**
  
  
  ‘Rory Clements’s timely spy thriller set in the 1930s evokes a period of
  political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence. _Corpus_ is fast-
  paced and there are plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing’
  
  
  **_THE TIMES_**
  
  
  ‘This clever novel, rich in deceptions and intrigue . . . _Corpus_ is a
  standout historical novel and spy thriller by an author who can turn his hand
  to any historical period he chooses’
  
  
  **_DAILY EXPRESS_**
  
  
  ‘Clements has the edge when it comes to creating a lively, fast-moving plot’
  
  
  **_SUNDAY TIMES_**
  
  
  ‘Beautifully done . . . alive and tremendously engrossing’
  
  
  **_DAILY TELEGRAPH_**
  
  
  ‘Clements juggles his story’s disparate ingredients very skilfully’
  
  