Mystery Book Club - Silverview (by Le Carre)

Each month we discuss a mystery book on the second Thursday morning.

In July 2023 we will discuss Silverview by John Le Carré.

In his last completed novel, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years—the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has renounced his "intelligence" career in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But one evening Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his small bookstore. Then a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, which leads him to this quiet town by the sea . . . and to an encounter between innocence and experience, and between public duty and private morals. Julian must answer the question of what we truly owe to the people we love.

The book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk, usually by the previous month's meeting. For example, the March book will be available upon request at the Circulation Desk between the February meeting and the date of the March meeting.