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The Alice Network

by Kate Quinn

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"It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister. In 1915, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance to serve when she's recruited to work as a spy for the English. Sent into enemy-occupied France during The Great War, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a vast network of secret agents, right under the enemy's nose. Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launching them both on a mission to find the truth ...no matter where it leads"--… (more)
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Not quite up to par in my opinion as ‘The Huntress’ but still very good…. All the way to the end I was still hoping that rose was lily and lily was still somehow alive… so still a tiny touch disappointing for me. But still a fun and fascinating read. ( )
  MiserableFlower | Mar 23, 2023 |
A good story though I felt it dragged. ( )
  cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |
Brilliant blend of history and fiction: historical fiction at its best. The author's afterword explains remarkable details that she plucked out of the web of history and wove into a new pattern. The three protagonists were not necessarily always pleasant, sometimes they were annoying, but they made a very good ensemble that I enjoyed reading about. I won't be rereading the book, however, because the graphic brutality of the torture scene in particular and the entire creepiness of the villain in general was not something I want to revisit. Once was good, and once was enough. I won't forget it in a hurry. ( )
  muumi | Feb 22, 2023 |
I loved this book as I have Quinn's other World War II novels featuring women. This novel focuses on a female spy from World War I and a young girl searching for her cousin who went missing in World War II. ( )
  DrApple | Feb 16, 2023 |
CW: Sexual content, domination and abuse during sex, suicide, wartime executions. ( )
  Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | Feb 14, 2023 |
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Lyons, ElsieCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The first person I met in England was a hallucination.
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I remember my father exhaling contentedly over the newspapers after VE-Day, saying, "Excellent, now it can all go back to the way it was." As if roofs and buildings and shattered windows just leaped back into wholeness the day after peace was declared.
"Are you ever afraid?" ..."Yes, just like everybody else. But only after the danger is done—before that, fear is an indulgence."
Life ought to be more like a play; the entrances and exits would be a lot cleaner.
"There are two kinds of flowers when it comes to women.  The kind that sit safe in a beautiful vase, or the kind that survive in any conditions...even in evil."
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"It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister. In 1915, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance to serve when she's recruited to work as a spy for the English. Sent into enemy-occupied France during The Great War, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen of Spies", who manages a vast network of secret agents, right under the enemy's nose. Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launching them both on a mission to find the truth ...no matter where it leads"--

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