Shadow War: The Resistance Fighters' Literary Club

by Debra Finerman

We’re in Occupied Paris, June 1940. German tanks have rolled in, stylish cafes and nightclubs cater to Nazis now. France is crushed but the SHADOW WAR has just begun. A British S.O.E. spymaster teams with a Resistance leader from Burgundy to organize The Resistance Fighters’ Literary Club composed of blacklisted writers and artists. Their headquarters is the Balzac Bookshop in Paris. Two female agents, an American Embassy attaché and a beautiful French-Russian countess are sent by London on a dagerous mission to kidnap a top Nazi officer in Paris and help smuggle an iconic French art masterpiece to safety from the thieving Nazis. The characters are based on actual people and true events. The Resistance fighters carry a shadow self within as we all do, and battle existential crises while waging the SHADOW WAR.

430 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2014

About the author

Debra Finerman is an American writer who lives part-time in Paris. YOU LUCKY DOG is a humorous novel that asks the question, what if a man's soul transmogrifies into his dog's body when they both suffer a car crash? Jake the man dies but Jake the dog survives and the result is a funny and poignant story of love and loss and identity. The surprise ending will keep readers wondering.
YOU LUCKY DOG is a lighthearted departure from her previous two historical novels. SHADOW WAR- The Resistance Fighters' Literary Club was inspired by the plaques affixed to walls and bridges throughout Paris dedicated to the brave, often painfully young Resistance Fighters who died on the spot, shot by Nazi patrols. During research for this book, she traveled to the Imperial War Museum in London and to Resistance Museums in many regions of France. Her journeys led her to meet former members of Resistance groups. Espionage is a familiar subject for her, as her uncle was a CIA agent for many years. Her first novel MADEMOISELLE VICTORINE published in 2007 by Random House Three Rivers Press has been translated into six languages worldwide. She is a former journalist for such publications as Capital Style, The Hollywood Reporter monthly magaine, Beverly Hills Today and Beverly Hills Magazine. A graduate of UCLA, she earned her academic degree in Art History and Connoisseurship at Christie's, New York.

Reviews

[Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jolly good

I'm quite impressed with the authors ability to capture the feeling of an era (as we who never lived it perceive, of course). A rather serious book, but certainly worth reading. Seriously.