The Officer’s Lover - Pam Jenoff
Originally published as Almost Home , the title of Pam Jenoff's latest novel has been renamed The Officer's Lover for its UK paperback edition. The new title it transpires is meaningless (not that the original title is much better), changed undoubtedly to capitalise on the recognition factor of Pam Jenoff's previous thriller-romance novels The Kommandant's Girl and The Diplomat's Wife . I haven't read either of those books to know how well they fit their descriptions or their remit as thriller-romances, but in this case there is no officer (though there is a diplomat), there is no lover (he's been dead for 10 years) and there's not a great deal of either romance or thrills. Jordan Weiss, a diplomat for the US State Department in Washington, asks for a transfer to London in order to be with a sick friend. She hasn't been back in England since finishing her studies at Cambridge ten years ago, still traumatised by the accidental death of her lover Jar...