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Publisher: Dutton
Published: June 7, 2022
Summary:
A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals
It’s 1947. The world continues to grapple with the fallout of the Second World War, and former war reporter Billie Walker is finding her feet as an investigator. When a wealthy client hires Billie and her assistant Sam to track down her missing husband, the trail leads Billie back to London and Paris, where Billie’s own painful memories also lurk. Jack Rake, Billie’s wartime lover and, briefly, husband, is just one of the millions of people who went missing in Europe during the war. What was his fate after they left Paris together?
As Billie’s search for her client’s husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris’s famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she’ll need to keep her gun at the ready, because something even more terrible than a few painful memories might be following her around the city of lights . . .
My thoughts:
This is the second book in Tara Moss’s Billie Walker series and I have been so excited for this book! I loved the first book, The War Widow, and I think this second book was a great follow-up! If you love historical mysteries, this series is definitely for you!
Billie Walker is just such an engaging, fun character and I loved being back with her. This time around, Billie and Sam are hired by a rather wealthy woman to find her husband who has been missing. He travelled to London and Paris two years ago and hasn’t been since. This trip is quite fortuitous for Billie as it means she will be able to do a little digging into her own missing person – that of her husband, who never returned after the war.
This book captivated me from the start. I loved that it tackled some pretty interesting topics – topics I never saw coming, but are all too timely even in today’s world. I also loved seeing how life was after the war, not only in Sydney, but also in London and Paris. Billie is such a force and even when there are those that are out to stop her from getting the answers she is after, she doesn’t let it deter her.
I so enjoyed this latest installment and I do hope we see more of Billie. I’m not quite ready to let go of her yet!
Books in this series:
- The War Widow
- The Ghosts of Paris
