The Lost Girls of Paris/Pam Jenoff/359 pgs

This is a must read if you love WWII fiction.  With the recent 75th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion, this book is very topical.

The story begins in Grand Central Station in New York City when Grace Healey finds a seemingly abandoned suitcase.  She opens the case to find several photographs of women inside.  Curiosity about their identity peaks when she realizes that a woman who was killed outside the station was the owner of the suitcase.  Grace decides to learn more about the women in the photos.

The trail leads Grace to Paris where she learns that the women in the photographs, were recruited to be a part of a network of women who were sent into occupied towns in Europe by the British.  The women underwent vigorous training to prepare them for their missions.  The training focused on the women being radio operators who send and receive information to help the Allied causes preparation for the allied Normandy invasion.  A well written fictional story about the brave women of the Special Operations Executive or SOE.