Belgium, 1940: Posing as a friar, a British operative talks his way into the monastery at Villers-devant-Orval just before the Nazis plan to sweep through the area and whisk everything of value back to Berlin. That night, he adds an old leather Bible to the monastery’s library and then escapes. London, 2017: A construction worker makes a grisly discovery—a skeletal arm-bone with a rusty handcuff attached to the wrist. The woman who will put these two disparate events together—and understand the looming tragedy she must hurry to prevent—is Russian historian and former Soviet chess champion Larissa Mendelovg Klimt, “Lara the Bookworm,” to her friends.In the course of this riveting thriller, Lara will learn the significance of six musty Dictaphone cylinders recorded after D-Day by Noel Coward—actor, playwright and, secretly, a British agent reporting directly to Winston Churchill. She will understand precisely why that leather Bible, scooped up by the Nazis and deposited on the desk of Adolf Hitler days before he planned to attack Britain, played such a pivotal role in turning his guns to the East. And she will discover the new secret pact negotiated by the nefarious Russian president and his newly elected American counterpart—maverick and dealmaker—and the evil it portends.

This book measures 8.5 x 11." It is suitable for children from ages 6 up to adults. This book contains many beautiful paintings drawn by Sandie Angel. Little Miss Alice was visited by the Bookworm one evening. With the help of Prince Airen and his troop of dragon slayers from the Ruka tribe, Little Miss Alice and Dolly The Bear travel into the Bookland with Bookworm on an adventurous journey where she saves the Bunny Nation. Read about how Little Miss Alice, Prince Airen and her friends fight against the dragon witch and the green monsters and restore the Bookland back to its peaceful environment. It's all written into this enchanting book!