Charlotte Philby’s debut thriller opens with privileged Anna waking one morning and
walking away from her comfortable lifestyle – the adoring husband, the beautiful children – and heading for the Greek island of Skiathos with a new passport and new name in hand.
From there, the action flips backwards and forwards as Philby takes her time unravelling who Anna really is, why she has left her life, what led her to this seismic moment and whether we can ever truly outrun the mistakes of our past.
Pre-publicity has focused on the fact that Philby, a journalist who has written for this newspaper among others, is the granddaughter of the notorious British spy Kim Philby and she has been open about how his life served as the initial inspiration for her debut. There are hints here, too, of the stories of undercover police officers who lied for years to the women they tricked – Anna’s path to treachery and flight is kickstarted in part by her relationship with Harry, a high-flying journalist at the newspaper where she begins her career, who may be both less and more than he seems.
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