The Diplomats Wife - Pam Jenoff

The Diplomats Wife - Pam Jenoff (2008)

The Diplomats Wife is a story that starts in the second worl war when Marta is rescued from a Nazi prison, by Paul and American soldier. Of course they fall in lust, and happen to run into each other in various locations across Europe and end up becoming engaged. Marta moves onto the UK to meet up with Paul, but receives the news that he has been killed in a plane crash.

Alone, pregnant and vulnerable she takes up a position at the foreign office and marries a diplomat, Simon that she has met and works for. After a couple of years of marriage she is drawn back to Europe on a secret mission for the government.

Marta is a character from Pam Jenoffs earlier novel, Kommandants Girl. I found the diplomats wife to be a quick read but I didn't quite believe the characters, or the just too covienant coincidences that seemed to make them end up in the same spot at the same time.

Still it's an ok weekend read and I will give it 3/5.