Dancing with the Enemy

The Collaborator is a compelling story of betrayal, collusion, revenge, and redemption set in German-occupied Jersey during World War II. Hugh Jackson, a Jersey doctor, is forced to choose between conflicting loyalties when Britain abandons the Channel Islands, and his decision affects his life. Tom Gaskell, a young Jersey man, forms an audacious plan to resist the Germans, but it results in guilt and tragedy. Sydney doctor Xanthe Maxwell travels to St Helier to figure out what to do with her life, but when she finds Hugh Jackson's World War II journal, she is plunged into a violent world of oppression and collusion, but also of passion and resistance. The connection between Tom, Xanthe, and Hugh Jackson is revealed in a way none of them could have imagined, and the novel reaches a moving climax.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

From the bestselling author of "The Collaborator" comes a compelling story of betrayal, collusion, revenge, and redemption set in German-occupied Jersey during World War II. June 1940. "It was a perfect June evening that began with hope and ended in despair. "So begins the journal of Hugh Jackson, a Jersey doctor, whose idyllic world is shattered when Britain abandons the Channel Islands, which are invaded by the Germans. Forced to choose between conflicting loyalties, he sends his pregnant wife to England, believing their separation will be brief. It's a fateful decision that will affect every aspect of his life. May 1942. Young Tom Gaskell fumes whenever he sees the hated swastika flying from Fort Regent. Humiliated by Jersey's surrender and ashamed of his mother's fraternisation with the occupiers, Tom forms an audacious plan, not suspecting that it will result in guilt and tragedy. April 2019. Sydney doctor Xanthe Maxwell, traumatised by the suicide of her colleague and burnt out by the relentless pressure of her hospital work, travels to St Helier so she can figure out what to do with her life. But when she finds Hugh Jackson's World War II journal, she is plunged into a violent world of oppression and collusion, but also of passion and resistance. As she reads, she is mystified by her growing sense of connection to the past. Her deepening relationship with academic Daniel Miller helps her understand Jersey's wartime past and determine her own future. By the time this novel reaches its moving climax, the connection between Tom, Xanthe, and Hugh Jackson has been revealed in a way none of them could possibly have imagined.

ISBN-13: 9781867287261