The Unlikely Spy | The Outsider | The Little House | Esau – Reader’s Digest

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The Unlikely Spy, The Outsider, The Little House, Esau is a gripping four-in-one collection from Reader’s Digest, showcasing diverse storytelling across historical espionage, romantic suspense, psychological thriller, and scientific adventure. Each novel delivers its own unique world, perfect for readers who enjoy a wide range of fiction with strong plots and rich characterisation.

In The Unlikely Spy, set during WWII, a quiet history professor is personally recruited by Churchill to uncover a traitor in Britain’s ranks. Opposite him stands Catherine Blake—a seemingly perfect English widow who is secretly a Nazi agent. Their deadly cat-and-mouse game unfolds against the backdrop of the most significant Allied operation of the war.

The Outsider tells the poignant tale of Rachel Yoder, a widow on the Montana Plains who finds love again in the unlikeliest of men—a wounded stranger with a violent past and a heart in need of healing.

The Little House is a chilling contemporary psychological thriller that explores family tension, female rivalry, and the slow unraveling of sanity in a seemingly perfect household. Ruth, the new daughter-in-law, soon finds herself suffocating under the weight of expectations and control.

In Esau, a thrilling blend of science and suspense, the discovery of a fossilised skull in the Himalayas threatens to rewrite human history—just as political tensions flare in nuclear-armed South Asia. This fast-paced novel explores the clash between ancient mystery and modern danger.

This collection is perfect for readers who enjoy variety in their fiction—each story is a page-turner in its own right.