DEBUT HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL:
THE GIRL FROM MOSCOW
OUT NOW
Ella dreams of escaping.
What is the price of freedom?
The Girl from Moscow
1983, Moscow, USSR: Twenty-one-year-old Ella dreams of playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace at the Moscow Theatre Academy. But when she meets her good friend Vlad outside a city synagogue, Ella finds herself in the middle of a protest and attracts the glare of the KGB.
Labelled a traitor, she must withdraw from the academy and she soon yearns to escape the cruel and oppressive Soviet regime. However, her hopes of leaving the country are smashed when her husband, Roman, is sentenced to two years’ labour camp for selling American jeans with the intent to make a profit.
As she looks for another way out, Ella is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a KGB general, who has the power to secure her freedom. Will she risk everything and leave behind those she loves to pursue a life in the West?
The Girl from Moscow is an absorbing, thrilling and heart-stopping Cold War drama, packed with twists and turns, perfect for fans of Spy’s Wife, The Girl from Munich and
The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
The Girl from Moscow Book Reviews:
‘Julia Levitina has created a powerful debut full of detail, with a tension that keeps the reader glued to the page from start to finish. This is a book that draws on Levitina’s own deep-seated knowledge of history and place to create a story that is very much relevant to today’s readership.’
— Compulsive Reader
‘A stunning debut novel. Julia has beautifully crafted characters and given us a tale of intrigue set against the backdrop of 1980s Russia.
She has created a thrilling atmosphere of the insidious threat communist Russia posed, not to its enemies, but its own citizens. I lost sleep devouring this page-turner.’
— Heather Morris
‘A unique new voice in historical fiction.’
— Belinda Alexandra
‘Embark on an exhilarating Cold War journey with Julia Levitina's brilliant debut, The Girl From Moscow.
I was hooked by Ella's story from the very first page. This is a must-read for fans of fast-paced, engrossing historical fiction.’
— Kelly Rimmer
Product Details:
PRINT ISBN: 9780645757811
Publisher: Pantera Press
On Sale: 27th February 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 320
Price: $32.99