The lost song of Paris by Sarah Steele

This is a well written story. Spanning over 60 years, telling the stories of two very different women,  Agent ‘Colette’ a secret agent and Amy Novak an archivist. These two women are living not just years apart but worlds apart despite this they are not so different. They are both struggling with devastation in their lives.

Amy Novak is an archivist and when the declassified file of Agent ‘Colette’ a well-kept secret from World War Two appears on her desk she is drawn into the woman’s story and with encouragement from a friend becomes determined to tell the story of Agent ‘Colette’ and ensure that she finally receives the recognition for all her work during the war.

As the secrets start to unravel you are drawn into the two women’s lives. Amy learns not only about Agent ‘Colette’ but also about herself. Things are not always as they seem. As Amy digs deeper into Agent Colette’s real identity and what it must have been like for her during the war, she begins to understand how to move on in her life and begins to deal with the grief she has been bottling up for the last year.

This book is inspired by incredible true events and heroines of the Resistance; it is a story of lost love and one woman’s bravery during World War Two.

I highly recommend this book.

Themes: Resistence, World War 2, Women.

Karen Colliver