Villa Normandie by Kevin Doherty

A French Resistance leader who has to cope with the death of her brother and two rebellious daughters, a priest who tries to mediate between the Nazis and the villagers and an archeologist who never fails in his missions to France. These are the main characters in Doherty's wonderful thriller which captures the tense atmosphere of the run-up to D-Day and the misery of the French villagers with lyrical writing.

Even though this novel is very long, it is always exciting and it even has some added history about archeology which I enjoyed. It is extremely harrowing, however, so be prepared for that.

I was given this free book by Endeavour Oress in exchange for an honest review because I joined their Virtual Historical Festival.