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Hammond, A. W.,

The Paris collaborator / A.W. Hammond. - London : Echo Publishing, 2021. - 312 pages ; 24 cm

"He'll do anything to save her ... even work for the enemy. August, 1944. In German-occupied Paris, former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene has stumbled upon an unusual way to survive: he finds missing people. When he's approached by the French Resistance to locate a missing priest - and a cache of stolen weapons - Duchene initially refuses. But the Resistance offer him no choice. Within hours, he's also blackmailed by a powerful Nazi into searching for a German soldier who's suspected of deserting. To fail at either task will have deadly consequences for Duchene - and for his daughter Marienne. So begins a frantic race against time. As forces close in on Paris, Duchene has only 48 hours to locate the missing priest and soldier, or lose the only person he loves ...

ISBN: 9781760686703 1760686700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Missing persons--Investigation--France--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Fiction.
Nazis--Fiction.
Extortion--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Paris (France)--History --1940-1944 --Fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Histoire--1940-1944 (Occupation allemande)--Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4