The Golden Doves

In the wake of World War II, two former female spies who are connected by their shared past risk everything to find an infamous Nazi doctor—an incredible book based on true events written by the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls.

As part of the French resistance, American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are ecstatic to be obtaining so many Nazi secrets that they earn the nickname "Golden Doves," becoming well-known throughout France and a target for the Gestapo. It will cost them everything, their courage. Josie's mother, a well-known Jewish singer who accompanied her daughter to Paris when things appeared promising, suffers horrifying treatment from a reclusive Nazi doctor when they are ultimately apprehended and transported, along with their loved ones, to the Ravensbrück extermination camp. Furthermore, Arlette's son is taken from her and never seen again.

Ten years later, the Doves are sucked into a perilous double mission: Josie, an agent for the U.S. Army, takes on the task of tracking down the notorious doctor, while Arlette receives a mystery man's claim that he could have located her son. The Golden Doves set off on a journey that would take them through Europe and eventually to French Guiana. Along the way, they uncover a web of horrifying truths and are forced to risk everything in order to bring about justice and save the people they care about.

Martha Hall Kelly has won praise for investigating the horrors of Ravensbrück and for her amazing fusion of empathy and historical knowledge into the lives of women. She has written a gripping tale about the fortunes of Nazi fugitives in the wake of World War II with The Golden Doves, as well as the unsung female spies who risked everything to bring them to justice.