The Mistress of the Ritz / Melanie Benjamin / 369 pages

This is an historical fiction book based on real people and events during World War II in France.  Claude Auzello is the director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris.  He and his wife, Blanche, live at the hotel.  The Ritz is host to many famous guests such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Channel, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor until 1940 when Germany marches into Paris and sets up their headquarters at the Ritz. Now the Auzellos, the mistress and master of the Ritz, have a new and dangerous reality in their lives.  I was attracted to this book because it is based on true events and people.  It was suspenseful told the story of a turbulent time very well.