"Powerful and gripping." - Columbus Dispatch "Intriguing debut novel." - Christian Science Monitor "Asks us to consider what we owe one another and just how far we will go to make things right." - Florida Sun-Sentinel "A terrific thriller, made all the better by our knowledge that stuff like this really happened." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune But when one of his hideouts fails horribly, and the problem of where to conceal a Jew becomes much more personal, and he can no longer ignore what's at stake.īook clubs will pore over the questions Charles Belfoure raises about justice, resistance, and just how far we'll go to make things right. Soon Lucien is hiding more souls and saving lives.
He sorely needs the money, and outwitting the Nazis who have occupied his beloved city is a challenge he can't resist. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won't find it while World War II rages on.
In 1942 Paris, architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money – and maybe get him killed. "Delivers the suspense of Schindler's List and the German-occupied Paris of Alan Furst in this tense tale of an architect hiding Jews from the Nazis."A gripping page-turner.a riveting reminder of sacrifices made by history's most unlikely heroes." -Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We HideĪn extraordinary book about a gifted architect who reluctantly begins a secret life of resistance, devising ingenious hiding places for Jews in World War II Paris. There's plenty of detail to interest architecture buffs, too." "With his unadorned,zippy style and broad-brush characters, Belfoure writes like anup-and-coming Ken Follett but with more sex and violence and strongerlanguage. "A beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary man's unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second World War." -Malcolm Gladwell Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us beautiful tale demonstrates that while human beings are capable of great atrocities, they have a capacity for tremendous acts of courage as well." "Belfoure writes like an up-and-coming Ken Follett."
"Heart, reluctant heroism, and art blend together in this spine-chilling page turner."
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