Contemporary
Troubled teen Benedict Harrison joins his estranged great-aunt to uncover the wartime betrayal that killed his grandfather. As they probe the fading mind of a dying spymaster, buried lies and family secrets resurface, forcing Benedict to confront the truth…
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“Mendacem memorem esse oportet.” A liar should have a good memory. – Quintilian
June 1944: In the chaos following D-Day, a British Intelligence mission in Bordeaux ends in betrayal and death. Captain B.B. Harrison and his network are destroyed; the guilty walk free and the truth is buried beneath layers of deceit.
December 1979: Amid Britain’s ‘Winter of Discontent’, sixteen-year-old Benedict Harrison lives in the shadow of family lies and forgotten stories. When he’s invited to stay with his infamous great-aunt, the artist Gail Miller, he steps into a world of secrets leading back to the war.
Together, Gail and Benedict must unearth long-buried family secrets – but the key lies with one man: the moribund Victor Cross, a former spymaster. But can they uncover the truth before it’s too late?
In a story of betrayal, falsehood and fragile trust, Emilion explores how the lies we inherit shape who we become…
Here's what readers have to say about this book....
A.J. Joseph’s “Emilion” started off interestingly and engagingly enough for me, with a spy drop gone bad, but by the end of the novel, which alternates between World War II France and 1979 England, had me appreciating once again why I’m not a big fan of espionage fiction. Not that there isn’t much to appreciate about it for fans of the genre – the writing is certainly able enough – but by novel’s end I found myself brought to my usual befuddled state by such convoluted fare. Still, for those more taken with spycraft, you’ll find the book quite the satisfying read.
