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The Golden Doves

by Martha Hall Kelly · 2023

Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—an extraordinary novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling… more

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I’ve always said either dye your hair your natural color or go all gray. Keep salt and pepper for the table.
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Is that Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Your Excellency?” “Indeed.” “Not sure what illegal substance Handel was on when he wrote it, but the result is magnificent.
You're a funny girl, Josie. Always wanting justice. Forgiveness is better, ma chére.
Widor’s Piano Quartet in A Minor
And I watch the sun shine in on that imperfect little place, happy to be home. With my family at last.
A girl should be only two things. Who and what she wants. And I’m already both.

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Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—an extraordinary novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again.

A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dange

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First published
2023
Goodreads rating
4.18 (19k ratings)

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