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I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from Me, you can do nothing.

TLV John 15:5

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”

John 14:15 TLV

Trust in Adonai and do good.

Dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness.

Psalm 37:3 TLV

Adonai – Hebrew for the Lord

Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera’s cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves.

Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister’s conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up.

Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters. 

ISLAND BREEZES

I love historical fiction as I always learn something new. This book is informative regarding WWII and post war history. I had to look up the difference between MGV and KGB.

This story shows us two sisters who are very different in many ways. But also alike in others. The difference comes between choosing love or duty,

Vera decides to research Marya’s case. Doesn’t she already know since she’s part of it? This research is like peeling layers of an onion.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Thank you, Ms Scott.

Anika was born on an air force base in Illinois, spent her small childhood years in Omaha, and finally moved to Michigan, where she grew up outside of Detroit. She studied international politics and journalism at MSU and Columbia, and worked on staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Chicago Tribune. She now lives in Germany with her husband and two daughters. Her debut historical novel Finding Clara (UK, Hutchinson PRH) / The German Heiress (USA, William Morrow/HC) appeared in spring 2020.

She loves history and wishes she could pop in and out of different eras to see how people *really* lived. She also loves espionage and almost applied to the CIA once. Good thing she didn’t; she would’ve made a pretty rotten spy.

Her author website is at www.anikascott.com

But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”‘

Matthew 4:4 TLV

Do not be deceived — God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also shall reap.

For the one who sows in the flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But the one who sows in the Ruach will reap from the Ruach eternal life.

Galatians 6:7-8 TLV

Ruach – Spirit

So I say to you, do not worry about your life — what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:25 TLV

Rejoice in the Lord always — again I will say, rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 TLV

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For everything in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life — is not from the Father but from the world.

1 John 3:15-16 TLV

A young woman disappears and is feared dead, potentially murdered by her abusive husband – a handsome, shady thug with a violent reputation.

But as detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin look into the matter, they can’t find a body, and the husband has an iron-clad alibi.

He was killed earlier the same day.

Soon, it is obvious that no one connected to the case is telling the truth—not the mother who says the husband did it, not the sister who may have played a role in the crime, not the husband’s meticulous daily calendar…

Maybe not even the dead woman herself.

A great stand-alone book and a perfect addition to this brilliant series, Six Sisters will keep you guessing to the very end.

ISLAND BREEZES

Is it magic, make believe or slight of hand?

How can it all fit together to create an impossible to solve murder? Or is it murders?

Detective Sergio Martin has to figure it all out in order to solve this case. Does he? Maybe. Maybe not.

Only the ending tells the truth. Don’t bother reading the ending first. You won’t understand the brilliance of it all without reading the book before the ending comes into play.

Thank you, Mr. Alatorre, for an exciting read. I’m ready for your next story. Please don’t make me wait too long.

***Book received from author at no charge.***

USA Today bestselling author Dan Alatorre has published more than 50 titles and is read in over a dozen languages around the world.

His fast-paced thrillers have gripped readers all over the globe, notably his USA Today bestseller Gamma Sequence medical thriller series, his successful murder mystery Double Blind series, the new Jett Thacker mystery series, and more. Readers can’t put his books down.

Dan resides in the Tampa area with his wife and daughter.

Check out his Readers Club at DanAlatorre.com and find out about new releases before anyone else!