A thriller of romance, and cloak and dagger intrigue in wartime Beirut. Arabesque is a love story that takes us to the colourful crossroads of the Middle East at the height of World War II. Armande Herne – half English, half French and impassively beautiful - is sitting out the war in Beirut with no visible means of support. The rumour is she’s a spy. But, as conflict between British and French, Jew and Arab whirl around her, it is a British security sergeant who finds her. Soon they are embroiled in a plot, rich with adventure and intrigue.