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In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947 are brought together in a mesmerizing story...

Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle. While on the march, the group run into some Australian prisoners, one of whom, Joe Harman, helps them steal some food, and is horrifically punished by the Japanese as a result.

Alice Ash, a witch fighting for survival, finds herself in the clutches of ruthless criminals. When kidnapped and forced to fight an unfair fight at the grandest casino in Goldshare city, she instead burns it down, fleeing into the crime-ridden city along with her two new friends. While in hiding, she finds out the competing crime factions are conspiring to take out the biggest crime lord in the city, Vance Garside. A man who pulls the strings of both poor and rich in the kingdom.

Leaving Atlanta, Jane takes her next kill assignment in New York City. A terrorist plot so out of the realm of the ordinary, Jane expects to debunk the tip she's been given and report back to Washington for another assignment. But when she discovers the plan unfolding for Times Square is real, she knows there's only one mastermind who could execute such a heinous act - Three.