The release date for the English version of 'The Librarian Spy' by
Madeline Martin is Jul 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This poignant new book by the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London is based on the real tale of American library spies during World War II.
As a librarian at the Library of Congress, Ava assumed her work would entail a normal life of quietness. However, she arrived in Lisbon with a new mission—posing as a librarian and operating as an undercover spy, collecting intelligence—after receiving an unexpected offer from the US military.
Elaine has started an apprenticeship at a printing press operated by Resistance fighters in occupied France in the meanwhile. Normally, males are assigned to this work, but during the conflict, such regulations have been disregarded. However, she is aware that in an attempt to quiet them, the Nazis are looking for the press and its printer.
Ava and Elaine communicate via coded communications as the fighting rages across Europe, finding hope against the odds.