03118cam a2200325 4500 598414456 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781496731586 1496731581 B093XVNDBH Amazon 82420d33-a803-43fd-8fca-a129b8af7dcd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6249730 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Graves, Stephanie. A Valiant Deceit [Libby] : A WW2 Historical Mystery Perfect for Book Clubs. Kensington Books, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 747kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Historical Fiction. Mystery. HTML:<b>"Perfect for lovers of wartime novels that combine history, mystery, and romance." —<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>Weaving intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of Olive Bright, a young pigeoneer who, along with her racing birds, has been conscripted to aid the fight against the Nazis. It's not the daring role she'd envisioned for herself, but balancing a pretend romance with the real murder mysteries in her quiet little English village is more complicated than she imagined...</b><br /> <br /> Returning to Pipley following her FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) training, Olive is eager to step up her involvement in the war effort. Her pigeons are being conscripted to aid the Belgian resistance, and it's up to Olive to choose the best birds for the mission. To protect the secrecy of their work, she must also continue the ruse of being romantically involved with her superior, Captain Jameson Aldridge, a task made more challenging by the fact that she really does have feelings for the gruff Irish intelligence officer.<br /> <br /> But perhaps the greatest challenge of all comes when an instructor at Station XVII, the top-secret training school housed at Brickendonbury Manor, is found dead in Balls Wood by a troop of Girl Guides. The police quickly rule Lieutenant Jeremy Beckett's death an accident, but based on clues she finds at the scene, Olive begins to suspect he might have been a spy. Involving the reluctant Jamie, she is determined to solve the murder and possibly stop a threat to their intelligence efforts which could put the Belgians—not to mention her pigeons—in grave danger. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=82420d33-a803-43fd-8fca-a129b8af7dcd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=82420d33-a803-43fd-8fca-a129b8af7dcd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=82420d33-a803-43fd-8fca-a129b8af7dcd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)