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How can I explain that I was so involved in this book that it was almost hypnotic? I love the books I’ve read by Beatriz Williams, every single book she has written. This novel doesn’t disappoint. Williams transports us back to 1952 and the Cold War. Somehow, through all these books, there is a strand that ties the characters together. Usually it is the Schuyler family relationship, but here there are many sly winks to earlier novels (yes, the Greenwald and Marshall connections). Iris and Ruth a...
4.5Full review to come. Thank you to William Morrow books for my gifted copy!
“Our Woman in Moscow” is a cold war thriller based loosely on the Cambridge Five, which was a ring of spies who passed information to Russia during and right after WWII. The novel centers around twin sisters, Ruth, and Iris Macallister. Ruth runs a modeling agency while Iris fell in love with an American diplomat. Iris and her family go missing in 1948 with suspicions arising that Iris’s husband defected to Moscow. In 1952, Ruth receives an unexpected postcard from Iris, stating that she is expe...
4.5/5I may not have read many novels by her yet, but Beatriz Williams is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, especially when it comes to historical fiction. Our Woman in Moscow was just what I would expect from her, and I am not surprised that I loved it. This is a story about both espionage and family, and the combination of the two oddly made it the perfect read. The KGB is something I haven't had a chance to read about in a historical fiction novel until now, and I really liked the K...
Our Woman in Moscow was a gripping and sweeping historical fiction novel of espionage, counterespionage, and intrigue during the time leading up to World War II and into the cold war with Russia by Beatriz Williams. It was loosely based on the Cambridge spy ring and in the words of the author: "In Great Britain, their names are as synonymous with treason as Benedict Arnold's is in the United States--Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, John Cairncross--and the flight of Burg...
If you can't resist picking up this book because Beatriz Williams (!), then at least read the Author's Note in the back matter first. It explains the frazzled plot.It helps additionally to brush up on the Cold War (to avoid a disruptive reading experience from "having" to google left and right), since it is assumed that we readers know the historical context. Instead, the novel contains some background on the arts, and is laden with superfluous details (I was surprised we aren't given the stair
This is a fabulous book. I thought it was going to be another World War 2 book and despite how much I love Beatriz Williams, I was worried cuz I'm sort of burnt out on WW 2 books.... But this is actually a family drama with a twist in that the story of the Cambridge Spy ring is intertwined into it. I'd never heard of this spy ring before, but they did exist. It's a great read with a great ending! Enjoy it....
I've had a bit of a love/meh relationship with Beatriz Williams's books for years. She started out strong, with some fun, soapy historical fiction, but then it started to feel as though she was more focused on teasing readers with callbacks and setting up sequels than telling good stories — meaning many of her books failed to be more than just average for me. Still, I kept reading because I knew there were some real gems along the way. Thankfully, Our Woman in Moscow is probably her best to date...
Our Woman in MoscowBy Beatriz WilliamsBeatriz Williams is an auto-buy author for me and her stories just keep getting better and better. I love everything she writes - as a master of the historical fiction genre, there is just so much heart put into this novel. I love that this has to do with espionage and the KGB, with the mysterious disappearance of Iris Digby, her husband and their children. Did she defect with America's most treasured secrets or is this deeper than what it seems?I love the d...
4.5 well deserved stars. Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams was based on the actual activities and events of The Cambridge Five. The names of these five notorious men in Great Britain “are as synonymous with treason as Benedict Arnold’s is in the United States”. Two of the five are actually submerged in the plot of Our Woman in Moscow. They are Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. All of The Cambridge Five were recruited by the Soviet spy agency NKVD which later became the KGB in the 1930’s. The...
