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Break(ing) points
Paperback
ISBN13: 9788409878727
Publisher: Andrea Golya
Published: Jun 5 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A glamorous summer tennis event on the Spanish coast ends in shock when the wife of Ukraine's newly appointed foreign minister is assassinated. The crime is no isolated act of violence, but a calculated message with far-reaching consequences.
As intelligence agencies begin to untangle the truth behind the murder, the minister and his daughter are drawn into a world of hidden loyalties, political maneuvering, and competing narratives. Told through multiple perspectives, the novel moves between diplomatic circles, luxury hotels, private dinners, university campuses, and covert intelligence operations, blending emotional intimacy with geopolitical intrigue. At its heart lies the evolving bond between a father and daughter forced to navigate grief, suspicion, public scrutiny, and the fragile closeness born from loss.
Elegant, layered, and quietly suspenseful, this is a story about the human side of global events-the private conversations behind closed doors, the moral gray zones beneath public appearances, and the choices people make when ambition, loyalty, love, desire, greed and survival begin to collide. Rich in atmosphere, romance, humor, emotional nuance and female resilience, the novel explores a world where power is a ruthless game of chess, life itself becomes a metaphorical tennis match played under pressure, and nothing is ever entirely black or white.
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