My Rating: 4.5
Fenna Vos, orphaned young, has learned to focus on her own survival. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. Ultimately, controlling her surroundings and eluding traps of every kind helps her keep a lingering trauma at bay.
Yet for all her planning, Fenna doesn't foresee being called upon by British military intelligence. Tasked with designing escape aids to thwart the Germans, MI9 seeks those with specialized skills for a war nearing its breaking point. Fenna reluctantly joins the unconventional team as an inventor. But when a test of her loyalty draws her deep into the fray, she discovers no mission is more treacherous than escaping one's past.
This was an intriguing novel based on true events. The first portion of the book seemed disconnected from her time in the British military until it all wove together with the past coming into the present. I enjoyed Sold On A Monday more than this book but I will continue to read more by this author.
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