The Lost Girls of Paris

　　戰後諜報活動不斷，亂世兒女的故事油然而生。Pam Jenoff，一如既往，帶給讀者精緻，節奏明快的小說情節。這次故事發生在二戰時的女性秘密組織。1946年的紐約曼哈頓──葛蕾絲(Grace)在中央車站的長凳下，發現了一只被遺棄的皮箱。禁不住好奇心作祟，她打開了皮箱，發現裡頭有著十二張女人的照片。衝動下，她將皮箱據為己有，快速地離開現場。
 
　　事後她發現皮箱是屬於艾琳娜(Eleanor Trigg)，一個女性秘密組織的成員，戰爭期間秘密執行任務。而其它十二位女性，則以信差或者廣電人員的身分，被派往歐洲，自此她們便沒有再回到家鄉來。她們面臨的秘密行動究竟是什麼？
 
　　葛蕾絲嘗試尋找相片後的真相，發覺這些女人的故事，她深深被一個年輕的母親瑪莉(Marie)吸引。她在海外的英勇任務，標誌著友情的可貴與背叛。
 
　　由真實故事改編，紐約時報暢銷作家Pam Jenoff，再次用文字歌頌英雌的偉大，戰爭時代的英勇女性，攔不住的時代狂潮。（文/博客來編譯）
 
　　Cosmopolitan best book club book of 2019
　　PopSugar must-read book of 2019
 
　　“Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
 
　　“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 savor!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
 
　　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.
 
Review
 
　　“[A] terrific, fast-paced novel…. This is a mesmerizing tale full of appealing characters, intrigue, suspense, and romance.” —Publishers Weekly
 
　　"[A] gripping WWII-era tale…. Jenoff breathes life into the tale of a committed “Band of Sisters” who displayed boundless courage in the face of historically dire circumstances, creating a compelling and exciting read." —Booklist
 
　　"Jenoff deftly brings to life the history of ordinary women who left behind their home front lives to do the extraordinary—act as secret operatives in occupied territory. Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war." —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
 
　　"In The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff has used her finely honed story-telling skills to give us a smart, suspenseful, and morally complicated spy novel for our time. Eleanor Trigg and her girls are every bit as human as they are brave. I couldn't put this down." —Jessica Shattuck, New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle
 
　　"Pam Jenoff's meticulous research and gorgeous historical world-building lift her books to must-buy status. Her latest interweaves the gritty World War II exploits of England's female spies with the post-war struggle of damaged survivors trying to build new lives in the fallout of tragedy. An intriguing mystery and a captivating heroine make The Lost Girls of Paris a read to savor!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK
 
　　“Based on true events, The Lost Girls of Paris showcases important WWII events and brings us three courageous, determined women who braved constant danger to survive this fascinating, little-known part of the war.” —Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

Author
 
　　Pam Jenoff is the author of several novels, including the international bestseller The Kommandant's Girl, which also 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.