The novel is tightly constructed and provides a good insight into the privations suffered by the French during Nazi occupation, as well as the ever present risk of capture, torture, or being sent to a concentration camp. She follows up on it and the story begins. Donovan tells her he needs someone like her in a new organization he is starting up at Washington. Her father and Bill Donovan are old friends, and he comes to the reception following her husband’s funeral. Her brief marriage ended when her husband was killed in a car accident in Hawaii. Even John Wayne makes a brief cameo appearance. Donovan, nicknamed ‘Wild Bill Donovan’, is one actual person treated in various amounts of fictionalizing, but there others, including Julia McWilliams and her boyfriend Paul Child, and Christian Dior and his sister Catharine. Jane Healey’s spy thriller, The Secret Stealers, is based on real life accounts of women serving as spies in the Office of Strategic Services, its British counterpart, and the French Resistance during World War II. Jane is also the host of Historical Happy Hour, a monthly webinar and podcast featuring premiere historical fiction authors and their latest books.Ī graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern University, Jane shares a home north of Boston with her husband, two daughters, two cats and one teacup golden doodle.Occasional Comments on Books in the Library, Required Reading #266 Her latest novel, Goodnight from Paris, inspired by the life of Hollywood actress Drue Leyton, releases in March 2023. Her third novel The Secret Stealers, a WWII spy thriller, was an Amazon First Reads Editor’s Pick and a Historical Novel Society’s Editors’ Choice pick. Her novels include her debut The Saturday Evening Girls Club and The Beantown Girls, a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Jane Healey is a best-selling author of historical fiction.
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