The Paris Agent: Inspired by true events, a gripping tale of family secrets
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3.8 • 15 Ratings
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'A masterpiece' SARAH JONES
'Another soon-to-be classic' Woman's Day
'Riveting and moving' The Australian Women's Weekly
Twenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth can't stop thinking about the secret agent who saved his life in occupied France. He never knew her real name, nor whether she survived the war.
His daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers and discovers the story of Fleur and Chloe: two women called up by the SOE for deployment in France in 1943. But little do they know that they're at the mercy of a double agent within their ranks who is wreaking chaos. As Charlotte's search for answers continues, unsettling clues about the identity of the double agent come to light - and more shocking events are unearthed from the dangerous, dramatic last days of the war that lead to Chloe and Fleur's eventual fates.
'The author's research has captured the tension that those who lived through that time experienced at deep levels. Kelly Rimmer's scenes in both eras are fraught with anxiety, urging the reader to keep turning the page, anxious to learn about each character's experiences, right up to the very end' New York Journal of Books
'Emotionally compelling' Who Weekly
'A gripping page-turner inspired by a true story' New Idea
'Guaranteed to stay with you long after you have finished it' Canberra Weekly
'A beautifully written novel, a powerful story of hope, family, friendship and love amid great struggles and bravery' Good Reading
'A fast-paced tale of heroes, double agents and mystery' MICHELLE GABLE
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The author of The Warsaw Orphan and The German Wife returns with another multifaceted saga of historical fiction. Split between 1943 and 1970, The Paris Agent draws on extensive research and true events to tell the story of two brave women who became secret agents during World War II. But Chloe and Fleur’s remarkable lives are only half of this narrative; the other is Charlotte Ainsworth, who is researching them on behalf of her British father more than a quarter-century later. Australian author Kelly Rimmer knows exactly how to tell this kind of emotionally rich tale, and her hard work is only underscored by narrators Elizabeth Knowelden, Emma Fenney and Fiona Hardingham. Spy-driven mystery and suspense follow the proceedings as Charlotte gets ever closer to the truth about these unsung heroes.
