The Librarian Spy is a brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.'-Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan 'Madeline Martin immerses us in the expertly rendered and fascinating worlds of Lisbon and Lyon during the war as we follow the stories of two brave women who are willing to risk everything for the cause of freedom. Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they are transported to 1940s Portugal and France with Madeline Martin's vivid and inspiring characters. The Librarian Spy is a stunning tour de force of historical fiction.' -Karen Robards, author of The Black Swan of Paris For more historical fiction from Madeline Martin, don't miss The Last Bookshop in London. 'Uplifting, inspiring and suspenseful, this is one to savor!' -Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Riviera House 'Madeline Martin is a fantastic author. As the battle in Europe rages, Ava and Elaine find themselves connecting through coded messages and discovering hope in the face of war. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them. It's a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.

Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence.

A brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.' -Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America's library spies of World War II.

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER** 'Readers will be on the edge of their seats.

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin