That Stranger Next Door

That Stranger Next Door
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In 1954, Melbourne is still reeling from WWII; the Cold War sees suspicions running high and the threat of communism and spies hide in every shadow.<br /> <br />Jewish schoolgirl, Ruth, is trying to navigate her own path, despite her strict upbringing and the past that haunts her family.<br /> <br />It's a path that she wishes could include her first love, Patrick, but the rich Catholic boy is strictly off limits.<br /> <br />When a mysterious woman moves in next door in the dead of night, Ruth is convinced she is none other than Eva or Evdokia Petrov, a Soviet spy and wife of the infamous Russian defector, Vladimir Petrov.<br /> <br />Could Ruth's unlikely new friend really be the most sought-after woman in Australia?<br /> <br />Will Ruth's own clandestine meetings with Patrick be discovered?<br /> <br />How does the Petrov Affair, as it became known, impact the life of one ordinary girl and her family?

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Goldie Alexander. That Stranger Next Door

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CHAPTER 1. MELBOURNE. APRIL, 1954

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27. MELBOURNE. 14 years later

GOLDIE ALEXANDER

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THAT STRANGER NEXT DOOR

GOLDIE ALEXANDER

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'Me? Um, Ruth,' I said still trying to staunch the blood.

Groups of kids clattered past like chattery parrots. Patrick leant his bike against the fence and settled beside me. As I kept dabbing, I had time to take him in. Nice was the word that sprang to mind. Nice suited this boy. He had lovely cheekbones and a fine jawline. He was a head taller than me, with a shock of brown hair trying to escape from under his school cap, and his eyes were the same intense blue as Kate Howell's. His face was long and thin, his thick eyebrows the same colour as his hair, his chin and cheeks were only a bit pimply, and his lower lip slightly pouty. That loose-limbed build told me he played lots of sport.

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