So when Charlie’s parents banish her to Europe to have her “little problem” taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.ġ915. She’s also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. It’s exciting, with strong female protagonists, a sexy Scotsman, and a fascinating story.1947. I really did enjoy this book and recommend it highly. Saskia Maarleveld does a great job with all the different accents. The story of Eve’s work with the Alice Network during the Great War is quite riveting. The three misfits form an alliance of need, but end up forging strong ties. Could it be the same man?Ĭharlie, Eve and Eve’s Scottish man-of-all-work, Finn Kilgore, head for France to look for Rose and Rene. Later, during WWII, Rose worked for a man named Rene in a restaurant of the same name in Limoges.
He has no idea that the shy, stuttering girl speaks fluent German. Eve lands a job working at a restaurant that caters to the German officer class called Le Lethe in Lille owned by a collaborator named Rene. After training, she is sent to France to join the Alice Network, a highly effective group of spies led by the remarkable Alice, who prefers to be called Lily. Eve is half French also and speaks fluent French as well as German. The other storyline follows Evelyn as she becomes a spy for England during World War I. Eve is an acerbic alcoholic with a stammer and deformed hands, having had every knuckle broken. When she does, Eve threatens to kill her. Evelyn Gardner holds the only key to what might have happened to Rose, and Charlie is determined to find her. Charlie is half French, and her cousin Rose disappeared during the war.
They stop overnight in Southampton, England, where Charlie ditches her mother and heads for London to find the elusive Evelyn Gardner. It begins in 1947 with a young American girl, Charlie Sinclair, traveling to France with her mother. Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, 2017
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