There are cousin Rose and Charlie’s brother. Readers learn more about the mysterious Scotsman, Finn, and his tale. This is not just the retelling of two women’s lives. While there are many reasons I thoroughly enjoyed The Alice Network, it is the layers of narrative and themes that I want to mention briefly.

That is not to demean the quality of the writing in the least, however, as Quinn’s writing is vivid, engaging and descriptive! In hindsight, it is so simple that I picture it like two lines that start far apart and get closer and closer until they finally come together. The construction is done masterfully so that the time hopping blends in to the narrative seamlessly. After reading The Dressmaker’s Dowry, however, I had more hope and I’m glad I persevered. Opinion: This is another novel that jumps back and forth in time, a trait I haven’t been a fan of in the past. But only after the danger is done – before that, fear is an indulgence.” Seeking peace, revenge, and closure, this odd little trio is going to see their journey through come hell or high water. Eve has her own demons to exorcise after working as a spy during WWI, and her story blends into Charlie’s as the women – and their handsome, ex-convict, former soldier, Scotsman driver – travel through time (figuratively) and the countrysides of Europe (literally). To find her, Charlie must enlist the assistance of the surly and gnarled Eve Gardiner.

Rose is presumed dead by the family, but Charlie cannot believe it. Claire devises a plan to seek out her missing cousin, Rose. Story: The world may be recovering from World World II, but ghosts of the dead and missing linger in the hearts of many of the living. But nothing in life was simple, and there was no answer here to solve for. Numbers didn’t lie there was always an answer, and the answer was either right or wrong. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take much arm twisting to pick up this title! Kate Quinn and her book The Alice Network deliver us into the life of female espionage during WWI and then ties it into life in post-WWII Europe. Just when I think I’ve read all the different views or spins one can take, an author produces another work that teaches me and expands my horizons. Why: Joli put this book in my line of vision and, as she predicted, I jumped at the chance to read another wartime novel.

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