The Girl in the Blue Coat
Author | : Monica Hesse |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-04-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781509804474 |
ISBN-13 | : 1509804471 |
Rating | : 4/5 (471 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Girl in the Blue Coat written by Monica Hesse and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amsterdam, 1943 Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black-market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the front line when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion. But one day Hanneke gets a very unusual request. One of her regular customers asks her to find a girl. A girl who has disappeared from the secret room in her house. A Jewish girl . . . As she searches for clues Hanneke is drawn into a dangerous web of lies, secrets and mysteries. Can she find the runaway before the Nazis do? Meticulously researched, intricately plotted and beautifully written, The Girl in the Blue Coat is the extraordinarily gripping novel from Monica Hesse. 'A gripping historical mystery' Publishers Weekly, starred review