The Spies of Shilling Lane / Jennifer Ryan / 351 pages

This is a World War II story that takes place in England.  It is written with a lighter tone and humorous characters.  Mrs. Braithwaite is a recently divorced woman in a small English village.  Her husband has divorced her and moved away to marry a younger woman.  This has caused the village to shun her and she is forced out as the leader of their local Women's Voluntary Service.  Mrs. Braithwaite is also afraid that a family secret will be revealed.  She travels to London to track down her only child, Betty, to tell her the secret before it is revealed.  Upon her arrival in London she learns that her daughter is missing.  With the reluctant help of Betty's landlord, Mr. Norris, Mrs. Braithwaite sets out to find her daughter.  Their escapades in the process of tracking down Betty changes both Mrs. Braithwaite and Mr. Norris.