London, 1942. An MI5 officer, Daniel Reese, is found dead, and rumours of a German mole swirl through Whitehall. Detective Inspector Andrew Hampton, reeling from a broken engagement, seizes the case to prove himself. The trail leads to Leena Lafontaine, an Estonian-Canadian translator and alleged mistress of the victim whose story almost fits. Was Reese silenced over Dieppe, murdered by a jealous lover, or by a thief with too much to lose? As Hampton pursues every lead, conflicting alibis and planted clues tangle the investigation. Meanwhile Allied convoys are already at sea. If a mole has leaked their destination, the offensive could end in catastrophe. With hours ticking away, Hampton must decide who to believe and who to betray before the first ships reach enemy guns.



Liz Rachel Walker's writing has have appeared in print and online. With parents who grew up in England during the Second World War, she set out to write a wartime mystery inspired by the unanswered questions around whether the Germans received advance warning of the Dieppe raid. The Dieppe Secret is her first novel and was highly commended for the CWA Debut Dagger, a finalist in the Best Investigator Category for the Claymore Award at the US Killer Nashville Conference and won Crime Writers of Canada's Unhanged Arthur Award. She lives in Victoria on the West coast of Canada.