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From the bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say and The Warsaw Orphan, Kelly Rimmer—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!

A “MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE” by
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“The author’s research has captured the tension that those who lived through that time experienced at deep levels. Kelly Rimmer’s scenes in both eras are fraught with anxiety, urging the reader to keep turning the page, anxious to learn about each character’s experiences, right up to the very end.” — New York Journal of Books 

For fans of fast-paced historical thrillers like Our Woman in Moscow and The Rose Code, Kelly Rimmer’s dramatic new novel follows two female SOE operatives whose lives will be determined by a double agent in their midst. 

Twenty-five years after the end of the war, Noah Ainsworth is still preoccupied with those perilous, exhilarating years as a British SOE operative in France. A head injury sustained on his final operation has caused frustrating gaps in his memory—in particular about the agent who saved his life during that mission gone wrong, whose real name he never knew, nor whether she even survived the war.

Moved by her father’s frustration, Noah’s daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers that resurrects the stories of Chloe and Fleur, the code names for two otherwise ordinary women whose lives intersect in 1943 when they’re called up by the SOE for deployment in France. Taking enormous risks to support the allied troops with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they’re at the mercy of a double agent among them who’s causing chaos within the French circuits, whose efforts will affect the outcome of their lives…and the war.

But as Charlotte’s search for answers bears fruit, overlooked clues come to light about the identity of the double agent—with unsettling hints pointing close to home—and more shocking events are unearthed from the dangerous, dramatic last days of the war that lead to Chloe and Fleur’s eventual fates.

For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for
  • The Things We Cannot Say
  • Before I Let You Go
  • Truths I Never Told You
  • The Warsaw Orphan
  • The German Wife
ISBN: 9780369736420
Imprint: Graydon House
On Sale: Jul 11, 2023
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 368
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust
BISAC 2: FICTION / Women
BISAC 3: FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage
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Kelly Rimmer

Biography

Kelly Rimmer is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of ten novels, including The Secret Daughter and The Things We Cannot Say. Her books have sold more than one million copies, and have been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. Kelly lives in rural Australia with her family and fantastically naughty dogs, Sully and Basil.gt;

<strong>From the bestselling author of <em>The Things We Cannot Say </em>and <em>The Warsaw Orphan,</em> Kelly Rimmer—for fans of <em>All the Light We Cannot See </em>and <em>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</em>!<br /><br />A “MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE” by</strong><ul> <li><strong>Harper's Bazaar</strong></li> <li><strong>B&N Reads</strong></li> <li><strong>BookBub</strong></li> <li><strong>Goodreads</strong></li> <li><strong>Fresh Fiction</strong></li></ul><strong>"The author’s research has captured the tension that those who lived through that time experienced at deep levels. Kelly Rimmer’s scenes in both eras are fraught with anxiety, urging the reader to keep turning the page, anxious to learn about each character’s experiences, right up to the very end." </strong>— New York Journal of Books <br /><br /><strong>For fans of fast-paced historical thrillers like <em>Our Woman in Moscow</em> and <em>The Rose Code</em>, Kelly Rimmer’s dramatic new novel follows two female SOE operatives whose lives will be determined by a double agent in their midst. </strong><br /><br />Twenty-five years after the end of the war, Noah Ainsworth is still preoccupied with those perilous, exhilarating years as a British SOE operative in France. A head injury sustained on his final operation has caused frustrating gaps in his memory—in particular about the agent who saved his life during that mission gone wrong, whose real name he never knew, nor whether she even survived the war.<br /><br />Moved by her father’s frustration, Noah’s daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers that resurrects the stories of Chloe and Fleur, the code names for two otherwise ordinary women whose lives intersect in 1943 when they’re called up by the SOE for deployment in France. Taking enormous risks to support the allied troops with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they’re at the mercy of a double agent among them who's causing chaos within the French circuits, whose efforts will affect the outcome of their lives…and the war.<br /><br />But as Charlotte’s search for answers bears fruit, overlooked clues come to light about the identity of the double agent—with unsettling hints pointing close to home—and more shocking events are unearthed from the dangerous, dramatic last days of the war that lead to Chloe and Fleur’s eventual fates.<br /><br /><strong>For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for</strong><ul> <li><strong><em>The Things We Cannot Say </em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Before I Let You Go</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Truths I Never Told You</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>The Warsaw Orphan</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>The German Wife</em></strong></li></ul>

ISBN: 9780369736420
Imprint: Graydon House
On Sale: Jul 11, 2023
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 368
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II & Holocaust
BISAC 2: FICTION / Women
BISAC 3: FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:

Kelly Rimmer

Biography

Kelly Rimmer is the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Wall Street Journal </em>and <em>USA Today </em>bestselling author of ten novels, including <em>The Secret Daughter </em>and <em>The Things We Cannot Say</em>. Her books have sold more than one million copies, and have been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. Kelly lives in rural Australia with her family and fantastically naughty dogs, Sully and Basil.gt;