From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies\' Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a village busybody--the mighty Mrs.
Originally from Kent and then London, she was previously a nonfiction book editor..
About the Author: JENNIFER Ryan is the author of The Chilbury Ladies\' Choir and lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband and two children.
Braithwaite and her plucky, ruthless optimism, and find in The Spies of Shilling Lane a novel with surprising twists and turns, quiet humor, and a poignant examination of mothers and daughters and the secrets we keep.
Braithwaite is forced to rethink her old-fashioned notions of status, class, and reputation, and to reconsider the question that\'s been puzzling her since her world overturned: How do you measure the success of your life? Readers will be charmed by the unforgettable Mrs.
As she is thrown into the midst of danger and death, Mrs.
Norris along as an unwitting sidekick as they piece together Betty\'s unexpectedly chaotic life.
Braithwaite drags the reluctant Mr.
Storming into the London Blitz, Mrs.
Braithwaite sets her bullish determination to the task of finding her only daughter.
Aghast, Mrs.
Norris, informs her that Betty hasn\'t been home in days--with the chaos of the bombs, there\'s no telling what might have befallen her.
But when she arrives, Betty\'s landlord, the timid Mr.
Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets her hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left--her clever daughter Betty, who took work there at the first rumbles of war.
Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband\'s selfish divorce petition.
Braithwaite--who resolves to find, and then rescue, her missing daughter Mrs.
From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies\' Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a village busybody--the mighty Mrs
