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An Unforgettable Berlin Tale
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: August 2024
Author Katherine Reay may enjoy the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, but she clearly relishes the shadowy world of espionage. Discover how this passion has given her novels a potent immediacy – 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 14, at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library.
Katherine Reay
Readers and lovers of historical fiction will be delighted to know that renowned bestselling author Katherine Reay will be on the plateau in August for a handful of events. She will speak at private events for two area book clubs and at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library on August 14 at 3:00 P.M. Everyone’s invited.
Katherine loves the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, having been introduced to the area by her publicist, Kathie Bennett. Kathie is the founder of Magic Time Literary Publicity, which represents over 20 bestselling authors. They have brought over 30 authors to the Plateau in the past 10 years.
Katherine’s latest novel, The Berlin Letters, follows the success of A Shadow in Moscow. Katherine lived for a brief period in Russia which piqued her interest in that culture and sparked an interest in the Cold War, the results of which are reflected in these two page-turning thrillers.
The Berlin Letters is an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a spunky CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison. Set in the Cold War era and the fall of the Berlin Wall, this action-packed novel is a narrative about a daughter who is a brilliant CIA code breaker with an uncanny knack for solving puzzles and cracking codes. She stumbles upon a hidden cache of coded letters, revealing family secrets about her grandfather’s covert espionage work, and the fact that her father whom she had long believed to be dead might still be alive. She embarks on a perilous journey to Berlin where she risks everything in the hopes of freeing her father and leading him out of the clutches of East Berlin.
The Berlin Letters is a well-researched, fast-paced tale of intrigue and espionage that will have the reader enthralled in edge-of-your-seat, page-turning suspense. You won’t want to put this book down. It is also a story of humanity and the unbreakable bonds of family, and of hope, loyalty, and resilience, painting a gripping picture of the impact of the Berlin Wall on so many families.
It has been said that when you complete one of Katherine’s books you feel a bit of a book hangover, sorry to leave her characters behind. The antidote is to pick up another of her books as quickly as possible and to take the opportunity to hear her speak at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. You can also follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
