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Joanna Lillis Author Of Silk Mirage

From Joanna's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Joanna Lillis Why Joanna loves this book

A fast-paced, character-driven novel set in the late 19th century, based on a true story and set on a train which is doomed to disaster as it heads for Montparnasse station in Paris. The passengers we meet include real-life figures, and we jump between the lives and thoughts of these people as well as the men who are keeping the steam train running, An unusual and refreshing read.

By Emma Donoghue ,

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Ascension

Joanna Lillis Author Of Silk Mirage

From Joanna's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Joanna's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Joanna Lillis Why Joanna loves this book

Part espionage thriller and part murder mystery, this book set in the atmospheric setting of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic involves many twists and turns as a former spy turns up to investigate the case of a missing teenager. An entertaining and engrossing read.

By Oliver Harris ,

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1 author picked Ascension as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'One of our finest thriller writers' Evening Standard

A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 2021

'Oliver Harris is always pure quality' Ian Rankin

'A fascinating tale of modern espionage in a unique setting' Irish Independent

Three friends from a mission many years ago reconnect when one of them dies in mysterious circumstances on remote Ascension Island. Rory Bannatyne had been tasked with tapping a new transatlantic data cable, but a day before he was due to return home he is found hanged. When Kathryn Taylor, on the South Atlantic MI5 desk, begs ex-spy Elliot Kane to go over…


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