Tuesday, July 16, 2019

"The Lost Girls of Paris"


Perfect summer reading, this is a total page turner. It's a bit formulaic--it starts with a woman finding an abandoned suitcase in Grand Central. When she looks into it she finds an envelope with photos of several women. Cut to a woman in London being recruited to be s spy in Occupied France near the end of WWII. The two stories are interwoven as the book progresses. I've read a couple books recently that followed the same pattern. Not original but enjoyable nonetheless. One thing that drives me crazy is when an author of historical fiction does't get the facts straight. There's a mention of the woman wanting to go on a cruise aboard the QE2. The book takes place in the 1940s and Queen Elizabeth wasn't crowned until the 1950s. And the ship didn't launch until 1968! And I found a couple typos, which is a mortal sin in my book. Anyway, the book is definitely a quick and enjoyable read.