The Great Deception

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Enter a world of deceivers, age old magic, and a war-torn world from bestselling author Syd Moore


1940. Britain invades a neutral Iceland. Daphne Devine is dropped into occupied territory to track a clairvoyant suspected of collaborating with the Nazis. As an undercover operative Daphne must navigate her way through a strange and alien landscape, where not all visitors are welcomed with open arms. When a new lead takes her North into Strandir, the land of sorcerers, she discovers new threats and is now no longer the hunter, but the hunted. Daphne must use every ounce of cunning and craft to outwit enemy agents...

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Praise for The Grand Illusion:

'Vivid and thoroughly entertaining...More, please.'Guardian, best crime and thrillers

A breathtaking historical thriller.Erin Kelly,author ofThe Skeleton Key

'Quirky, clever and compelling.'Anna Mazzola,author ofThe Clockwork Girl

Author Bio

Syd Moore is currently the first Author in Residence for Essex Libraries. She is best known for her Essex Witch Museum Mysteries. The series was shortlisted for the Good Reader Holmes and Watson Award in 2018 and 2019. Syd founded the Essex Girls' Liberation Front and successfully got the term Essex girl removed from the Oxford dictionary in 2020. Her debut screenplay,Witch Westwill go into production in 2024. She lives in Essex.