Take care not to get sunburnt while engrossed in its pages. This is a page-turner and a perfect light holiday read. The characterisation is clear and the action is gripping. Nuns in occupied France face the Nazi menace, struggling and scheming with the Resistance to smuggle Jews and British airmen to safety.
Although perhaps not an entirely new idea or setting, the story is still described with verve and excitement. The reader wants the courageous nuns to succeed and the dastardly Nazi officers, Colonel Hoch in particular, to get what he deserves. Overall this novel is a classic tale of good and evil with close escapes, tense moments, ingenious deception, and a nasty collaborator who thankfully gets the comeuppance the reader has been willing to happen. There is a whole other subplot about family secrets, but it is really only used to set up the wartime scenario.
The Reverend Mother is originally from the UK, and the secret agent sent out to facilitate the network with the intention of saving and hiding these at risk people is her relatively unknown niece. Nuns in occupied France face the Nazi menace, struggling and scheming with the Resistance to smuggle Jews and British airmen to safety.
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