The French Spymistress

The brand-new WW2 historical fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestseller, for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Santa Montefiore

By: Rachel Hore

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Hardcover | 2 July 2026

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1939: when World War Two breaks out, the courage of two women will be tested to the limit…

In Occupied France

Marie-Louise, a headstrong, single woman with two young children, is recruited into a secret intelligence network. She must collect privileged information about German military activities to help the Allies liberate her country. Her skill and daring will propel her to the top of the organization - and along a path of hidden passion and extreme danger.

Deep in the English countryside

Sarah, a Sussex wife and mother, looks after evacuees and keeps the home fires burning while her husband is away on secret war work. When she’s suddenly plucked from this life of humdrum duty to run a safe house for foreign agents, she is forced to make sacrifices that threaten her health, her family and her personal happiness.

As Marie-Louise and Sarah’s lives collide, the danger mounts in this exciting and moving story about the resilience of the human spirit.

PRAISE FOR THE FRENCH SPYMISTRESS:

'A moving, timely and original take on what some women did, and sacrificed, in wartime.' DAILY MAIL

'Meticulously researched and rich with detail, as well as being a page-turner which I couldn’t put down. A new classic of WW2 fiction.' MAGGIE BROOKES, author of The Prisoner's Wife

‘Moving and gripping . . . The French Spymistress is now one of my favourites’ NORTH NORFOLK LIVING

'Wonderful…moving, thrilling and original’ WENDY HOLDEN, author of The Queen’s Painter

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