TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Matthew TI - The scarlet papers SN - 9780718183455 (hbk.) : AV - PR6118 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Michael Joseph KW - Thriller KW - eflch KW - ukslc KW - Crime & mystery fiction KW - thema KW - Thriller / suspense fiction KW - Espionage & spy thriller KW - Political / legal thriller KW - Spy stories KW - lcsh N2 - Vienna, 1946. A brilliant German scientist spirited out of the ruins Nazi Europe in search of a new life. Moscow, 1964. A rising star of the British diplomatic service whose job is not what it seems. London, the present day. A once promising academic offered an opportunity to seal his place in history. Their stories, their lives, and the fate of the world, are bound by a single document: the Scarlet Papers ER -