What We're Reading: Cathy

Stone's Fall by Iain Pears gives us a view of early modern espionage and the beginnings of the arms race. It's told by 3 different people in three different times (going backwards): In 1909 by a reporter hired by John Stone's widow to find out the truth about a possible illegitimate child; in 1890 by a spy working for the British government, and in 1867 by Stone himself. As you read, you find that things and people weren't quite what they seemed in the earlier part of the book. If you liked The Little Book by Selden Edwards, I think you'll like this one too.