This was a very well-written, thrilling saga of a brave woman who was arrested by Nazis for her work in the Polish resistance during World War II. After being rescued and losing her fiance and the father of her unborn child, she marries a British government worker and begins a job as his secretary. The British government needs her help in locating a Communist spy and send her back to Germany on an undercover mission.
Apparently this is book number two in a series (I did not know that), but I haven't read the others. I didn't notice missing information, so reading the other books is not necessary. I'm guessing that you just get more background on some of the minor characters in this book. I am interested enough to now go back and read the first book.
This book was engaging right off the start. We start with Marta in prison and have no idea where the book will go from there, even with the summary on the back. Each character we meet is brave and not all what they seem. They are each real and well-written: easy to understand, empathize with, and track growth. Some have said that the middle of the book is hard to track with, and I can agree. Our main heroine becomes a nobody, weak and cowardly, just doing what her husband tells her to. Only when we need the plot to pick back up does she become the woman she was at the beginning.
My only complaint with this novel is that each chapter begins at a different, undisclosed time. Sometimes weeks have passed, sometimes years, and sometimes only seconds. I do wish each chapter had begun with a date/year header to keep readers informed of where we were. It was hard to start each new chapter trying to discover where in time we were.
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