From the bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan, this emotionally compelling novel is inspired by real-life female WWII agents including Violette Szabo and Diana Rowden, whose incredible stories have never before been brought to readers.Twenty-five years after the end of the year, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth is reflecting on the secret agent who saved his life when a mission went wrong during his perilous, exhilarating years in occupied France. He never knew her real name, nor whether she survived war. His daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers. What follows is the story of Fleur and Chloe, two otherwise ordinary women who in 1943 are called up by the SOE for deployment in Frances. Taking enormous risks with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they're at the mercy of a double agent within their ranks who's causing chaos.As Charlotte's search for answers continues, new suspicions are raised about the identity of the double agent, with unsettling clues pointing to her father........................................Praise for Kelly Rimmer:'The German Wife is a heart-wrenching, uplifting story about love and family and the choices we make in impossible situations' CHRISTINE WELLS'Once again, Kelly Rimmer has turned my emotions upside down' SALLY HEPWORTH'A fast-paced, emotional and utterly riveting tale of love, loss and the choices we make to protect our families - a must-read' KRISTIN HARMEL'Kelly Rimmer's heart-stopping rendering of the war in Nazi-occupied Poland-of life, resistance, survival, and love-will captivate readers' LISA WINGATE