The Lost Girls Of Paris

The Lost Girls Of Paris
Pam Jenoff

From the internationally bestselling author Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional and powerful journey through friendship and betrayal during the second world war, inspired by true events.1940s. With the world at war, Eleanor Trigg leads a mysterious ring of female secret agents in London. Twelve of these women are sent to aid the resistance.They never return home.1946. Passing through Grand Central Station, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. The case is filled with a dozen photographs, each of a different woman.Setting out to find the women behind the pictures, Grace is drawn into the mystery of the lost girls of Paris. And as she delves deeper into the secrets of the past, she uncovers a story of fierce friendship, unthinkable bravery – and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal.

From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan’s Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.

1946, Manhattan

One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the photographs and quickly leaves the station.

Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to a woman named Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents who were deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their fates a mystery. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named Marie, whose daring mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor and betrayal.

Vividly rendered and inspired by true events, New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff shines a light on the incredible heroics of the brave women of the war and weaves a mesmerizing tale of courage, sisterhood and the great strength of women to survive in the hardest of circumstances.

PAM JENOFF is the author of several novels, including the phenomenal international bestseller The Orphan’s Tale, and Kommandant’s Girl, which was also an international bestseller and earned her a Quill Award nomination. Pam lives with her husband and three children near Philadelphia where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.

Also by Pam Jenoff (#ud32e4584-82b1-54e6-9cbe-6d0b6a5f37b3)

Kommandant’s Girl

The Diplomat’s Wife

The Ambassador’s Daughter

The Winter Guest

The Last Embrace

The Orphan’s Tale

The Lost Girls of Paris

Pam Jenoff

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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019

Copyright © Pam Jenoff 2019

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Ebook Edition © January 2019 ISBN: 9781474083195

Praise for The Lost Girls of Paris (#ud32e4584-82b1-54e6-9cbe-6d0b6a5f37b3)

‘Based on true events, The Lost Girls of Paris brings us three courageous women who braved constant danger to survive.’

Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls

‘Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.’

Lisa Wingate, author of Before We Were Yours

‘Eleanor Trigg and her girls are every bit as human as they are brave. I couldn’t put this down.’

Jessica Shattuck, author of The Women in the Castle

‘Pam Jenoff’s meticulous research and gorgeous historical world-building lift her books to must-buy status.

An intriguing mystery and a captivating heroine make The Lost Girls of Paris a read to savour!’

Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network

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