Night Train to Lisbon - Softcover

Grayson, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060542659 ISBN 13: 9780060542658

Publisher: Avon, 2005

Synopsis

A storm is gathering in the darkening European skies.

In a heartbeat, a world will be changed forever. And on a night train to Lisbon, a young American abroad will find a love she always desired ... and a danger she never imagined.

About this title

About the Author:

Emily Grayson is the author of four previous novels, The Gazebo, The Observatory, The Fountain, and Waterloo Station. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.

From Publishers Weekly:

Evoking shades of Casablanca, Grayson (Waterloo Station) spins a tale of spycraft and love in this lightweight period novel. In the summer of 1936, sheltered, lovely Carson Weatherell, privileged daughter of wealthy Connecticut parents, sets off on a European tour with her Aunt Jane and Jane's husband, Lawrence, a British intelligence officer. On the train from Paris to Lisbon, Carson meets the eye of dashing Alec Breve, a young British physicist who introduces the girl to the world of the intellect as well as the heart. Trouble is brewing, however, and Carson grows up in a hurry when her uncle confronts her with evidence that Alec is a spy for the Germans. She can't deny the suspicions planted by this news, but neither can she completely believe it. At first she is determined to have nothing further to do with Alec, but she must face him when he appears at her home. Reunited, they decide to return to England and clear Alec's name. But with war in the air, will they be believed? Grayson's handling of young love is touching, if rather prissy—"the train continued on along its tracks, unaware that on the platform at its very end, a young American girl—no, a young American woman—was falling in love"—but finely drawn characters are given too little to do in what could've been a more substantial story, given longer treatment.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Avon
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060542659
• ISBN 13: 9780060542658
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256