The Librarian Spy

Listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction, The Librarian Spy (2022) by Madeline Martin is inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. 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.   Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.    As the battle in Europe rages, Ava and Elaine find themselves connecting through coded messages and discovering hope in the face of war. “The wartime ambience in both Lisbon and Paris and the thoroughly fascinating story of the IDC will please all lovers of WWII espionage.” – Booklist Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA TODAY , and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty different languages.   Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Bookshop Find other novels by Madeline Martin on Art In Fiction. Check out the Art In Fiction Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6: Stories of the Written Word in World War II in the Novels of Madeline Martin