1946. Grace is rushing to work one morning when, running through Grand Central Station when she stumbles upon an abandoned suitcase. Curious, she opens it and finds photographs of several women.
Intrigued, she investigates further and discovers that the suitcase belonged to Eleanor Trigg, the leader of a secret network of female agents who were deployed out of London during WW2. These women were sent to France to secretly work as radio operators and couriers.... but they never returned home. Eleanor was determined to figure out what had happened to them, and then the determination became Grace's after Eleanor was, the same day the photos were found, hit and killed by a car.
1943. This is the story of Eleanor, an absolutely professional, stern and hard working leader of this secret network of women working against the Nazi's.
1946. This is the story of Grace, recently widowed, she has moved to New York all on her own to start anew, but has become entangled in a relationship with her husbands best friend. Becoming slightly obsessed with figuring out the mystery of these photos, she begins a journey that will forever change her.
1943. This is the story of Marie, a single mother who was recruited by Eleanor because she spoke fluent French, she decides to join Eleanor in order to make a better life for her daughter. While in training in Scotland, she meets spunky 17 year old Josie, who becomes a dear colleague and friend.
Bouncing between years during WW2 and just after, the stories of these women all become entangled in the mystery of what happened to Marie, Josie, and their fellow female spies who never returned after being deployed into occupied Europe to aid the resistance, and the devastation and fury of a suspected betrayal that may have caused their demise.
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