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  • Published: 30 January 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529933765
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

The Ghosts Of Rome

  • Joseph O'Connor



The Contessa Giovanna Landini takes on Gestapo chief Paul Hauptmann in a daring mission in Occupied Rome

February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.

Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.

During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.

Meanwhile, Hauptmann’s attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him – one where the consequences could be lethal.

  • Published: 30 January 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529933765
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Praise for The Ghosts Of Rome

Breathtakingly good writing - O'Connor puts you right there, centre stage in the story and never lets you go

Peter James, on My Father's House

O'Connor is on stellar form with this ensemble thriller...an expert storyteller

Daily Mail, on My Father's House

A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance

Donal Ryan, on My Father's House

Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality

Financial Times, on My Father's House

A literary thriller of the highest order...his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming

Observer, on My Father's House

There is no finer writer of historical fiction than Joseph O’Connor. . . Beautifully written, warm and witty, this story of a terrorised city is a must-read. Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure.

Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND

It was hard to turn pages fast enough to keep up with the rapid-fire pace of The Ghosts of Rome. Joseph O'Connor lures readers into a little known, but important, facet of World War II history and keeps them hooked until the very last page.

Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE
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