![]() ![]() ![]() Ruth, who has always known her mother as an Englishwoman named Sally Gilmartin, realises that everything she has ever been told of her mother's past is fiction. Eva writes her own account of her career as a spy many years later and gives it to her daughter, Ruth, in a succession of buff folders. ![]() Boyd creates a wonderful appearance of candour in a narrative that is actually packed with twists and double meanings. This story is by no means delivered straight. As spymaster, he has taught her much of her craft and knows the cut of her mind as well as he knows her body. Eva, now based in New York, has formed a sexual relationship with Romer. The dramatic heart of the novel concerns a scheme to plant maps that contain misinformation about Nazi intentions in Latin America. This growing concern, known as AAS Ltd, creates and plants news stories with the aim of bringing the United States into the war. Eva is trained as war begins, and becomes part of Romer's department. ![]() It appears that Kolia has been working for Romer, and through him for the British secret service. Eva Delectorskaya, a beautiful young woman who is Russian by birth, is recruited in France by Lucas Romer after the murder of her brother, Kolia. The action of Restless takes place before and during the second world war, and in the summer of 1976. ![]()
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