The Soviet Sisters

Thank William Morrow and Bibliolifestyle for this gifted book and having me on your tour.

Happy Friday!! I’m so excited share The Soviet Sisters with y’all today! I love historical fiction and Anika Scott writes such unique stories, and last year I was captivated by her WWII dual timeline book, The German Heiress. Therefore, I just know her latest is going to have me flying through the pages. After all, it’s an historical fiction thriller about the Cold War, spies, and sisterhood.

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera’s cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves.

Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister's conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up.

Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters.

💬 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝?