The Little Parachute
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Publisher Description
From a master of World War II espionage, a thrilling tale of an adoptive mother and a lost boy fighting to survive in occupied France
The moment Angélique arrives in Paris, she is taken prisoner by the SS. In a lonely little room, she is put in a chair with leather straps and a bloodstained seat and ordered to tell her captors everything she knows about the resistance. But Angélique knows nothing. She cares only for poor Martin, the boy who has been unable to speak since the bombs first fell during the Blitzkrieg. He has a secret—and she will protect it until her dying breath.
Though Angélique loves him like her own, Martin is not her son. He came to her from the sky, brought by a parachute dropped by the British, and if the Germans learn his true identity, it will mean certain death for both of them.
The Little Parachute is a testament to the genius of J. Robert Janes, author of the legendary St.-Cyr and Kohler mysteries, who understands the tragedies of World War II like no one else.
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What is the significance of a boy's drawing of a little parachute? That's the question facing Sturbannf hrer Kraus, an SS officer stationed in Paris, as he interrogates the boy's adoptive mother, Ang lique, in this solid espionage thriller set in 1943 from Janes (The Sleeper). Kraus suspects that 10-year-old Martin Bellecour's image is evidence that a British operative has parachuted into France to learn the location of the German V-1 rocket launching sites. He later learns that Ang lique may be acting as a courier for those in the underground planning to sabotage the sites. Ang lique claims that the pair have come to Paris from Abbeville so that Martin, who's been unable to talk since the German invasion of France in 1940, can see a medical specialist. Ang lique has been having an affair with Martin's father a fact she hides from the Nazi and that adds drama to the story line. Fans of Janes's Kohler and St. Cyr mysteries (Clandestine, etc.), which are likewise set in occupied France, will enjoy this standalone, even though its characters and plot are less memorable than those in the series.
