I've heard the term before, but knew very little about this all-female Soviet bomber regiment. Here, Quinn blends fact and fiction to tell a story about three women: a murderess on the run, an aspiring photographer who may be in danger in her own home, and one of the Nachthexen. Fiction is my passion, but I love it even more when it uncovers oft-buried truths. I love historical fiction that introduces me to little areas of history that school lessons and history books never taught me about.
There’ll be a chance, Nina Borisovna, her father had said. In this immersive, heart-wrenching story, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth. secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother’s past-only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancée, Jordan is thrilled. Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted…īold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying.
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