THE SUMMER OF KATYA0517548291 (ISBN13: 9780517548295)tbr busting 2012summer 2012one pennyhardbackHist FicBASQUEpsychological thrillerDedication: For DianeOpening:Salies-les-BainsAugust 1938Every writer who has dealt with that last summer before the Great War has felt compelled to comment on the uncommon perfection of the weather: the endless days of ardent blue skies scross which fair-weather clouds toiled hazily, the long lavender evenings freshened by soft breezes, the early mornings of birdsong and slanting yellow sunlight.