Second World War fiction Books

In early 1940, Johan was a happy teen in Haarlem, Holland. By May, the Second World War brought oppression, persecution and despair with the Nazi invasion of his homeland. Hitler's regime took control of everything. Choirs, Boy Scouts, radios and Jewish...

The Nazi BishopAmidst the chaos of World War II, Wehrmacht Bishop Schneider charges headfirst into the dangerous game of moral ambiguity and political scheming within the Third Reich. Racing across the ravaged landscapes of Europe, his religious...

Miss Marple meets Tony Hillerman in Death on the Rio Chiquito New Mexico, 1943: Emily Schwarz, the Anglo teacher at the isolated Pueblo of San Antonito, discovers the corpse of a nineteen-year-old boy, his blood mingling with the muddy waters of the...

Based on real accounts of Britain's Land Girls and the Forgotten Blitz, The British Booksellers highlights the courageous choices we must make to live, love, and---in the face of all that tests us---fight for what matters most.

Three spymasters. Two countries. One assassin.When Hitler switches sides to back Japan over China at the outset of World War II, German military advisors fighting alongside the Chinese forces find themselves caught between a desire to remain at their...

Massachusetts State Police Agent Lili D'Amico and retired engineer Gil Novak were enjoying the last couple of weeks of their first winter together in Florida. With a little mahjong and a little fishing, they were having fun, making new friends, and...

Bud Richardville is inducted into the Army as the United States prepares to enter World War II in 1943.A chance comment has Bud assigned to the Graves Registration Service, where his unit is tasked with locating, identifying, and burying the dead. Bud...

An Inspirational Family Saga, that started with the Award-Winning Sunflowers Under Fire, continues to resonate with readers worldwide.Wars, typhus, drought and family losses could not stop Lukia Mazurec. Will her children's indifference finally...

L'Inde A Paris -1937This is the story of a Marathi family of five - Mr. and Mrs. Chaukar and their three boys - from Ahamdnagar, India.They moved to Paris, France, in 1937 and opened an Indian vegetarian restaurant, "L'Inde A Paris- Restaurant...

Ruby has no money, not a single friend, and a shocking 1925 felony conviction for larceny. Though she encounters betrayal, she embarks on a journey to re-enter her children's lives that will test the core of her being as obstacles chip away at...

Else is a young woman on the brink of adulthood when she is forced to make decisions that will forever alter the course of her life. This is the story of what it means to be a civilian caught in the crosshairs of conflict, of the tender hope that...

LIONS OF THE DESERT is the true story of the WWII 1941-1942 Desert War in North Africa and Operation Condor, a story that has captivated the minds of authors, historians, and filmmakers for three-quarters of a century...

From the deserts of North Africa to the dark forests in the Third Reich, Tommy Haupner, together with his American lover, Henry "Shorty" Reiter, lead their team in a daring mission to rescue a gifted young savant from Nazi Germany's T4 euthanasia program...

Cockington's beautiful thatched roof village in the heart of Devonshire, blessed with picture perfect postcard countryside, is in turmoil. Inspector Findlay and Cockington's only other policeman, the bumbling Sargent Allan Todd, are called to a murder...

 For hundreds of years the secrets of the tower were concealed. Until now...In 1179, King Louis VII of France came to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St Thomas Becket. He brought a fabulous gift with him: A magnificent, blood-red ruby.For hundreds...

Captain Tom Caine knows he should be out with the throngs of revellers celebrating Victory in Europe but, instead of elation, he only feels anger. How can he celebrate when he is haunted by the horrors of the war and the friends he was unable to...

It is late 1942, and England is under constant attack from the Luftwaffe.Bored with his desk job, Flight Lieutenant Harry 'Flash' Rose is persuaded by his dear friend Daniel 'Granny' Smith to re-join Excalibur Squadron, now flying Hawker Typhoons in the...

A forbidden romance in occupied Norway...Narvik, 1940. After Laila awakens to the sight of warships in the fjord, it isn't long before she turns resistor to the brutal Nazi regime. She is horrified when local girls begin affairs with enemy soldiers,...

They say that to really know a person you need to understand their past. If that is true, then Mary Beker did not know her husband, Jozef, at all...Warsaw, 2005. An elderly Mary is searching for clues regarding her late husband's pre-war life: the first...

This is the story of two ordinary people, Emma, a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital in London and Roger, a police detective.Emma and Roger live through extraordinary times and confront unimaginable hardship. It is an inspirational story that will transport...

Meet Maggie Munroe, a girl with the strength of Glasgow in her heart and a bunch of men trying to muscle their way into it. They won't rest until only one has succeeded but, fortunately, she doesn't suffer fools gladly and can see them coming a mile off...

The Atlantic Ocean separates Irish brothers Connor and Thomas Cork. As Connor walks the streets of London, and Thomas looks at the setting Texas sun, they are both haunted by a terrible event which has driven them apart forever.Early in the Second World...

German forces have invaded Lily Litvyak's homeland, destroying and plundering everything in their path.Seeking to volunteer her exceptional skills in piloting, Lily is desperate to aid the war effort and keep the intruders far away from her mother and...

Inspired by real events, the Lady of Lake Como follows the story of a lieutenant with the Italian Police who, during the height of World War II, is tasked with investigating the unsettling disappearance of two women from his small town. Complicating...

The war in Europe is still going on. Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Suddenly it's World War II. General Douglas MacArthur, surrounded by the Japanese, is saved from the jaws of death by Lieutenant Bulkley and his small group of PT boats. These small,...

Told through multiple voices in multiple time periods-Leonora, an artist and scientist obsessed with the work of surrealist painter Adam Sinclair, in 1990s Santa Cruz, CA; Pauline, Adam's wife, in 1940s NYC; and Mimi Saucier, Adam's lover, in 1930s...

Der Zug aus Compiègne fuhr langsam in den Bahnhof ein, aber ich wußte, daß niemand auf mich wartete. Meine Begleiter waren alle aufgestanden, beladen mit ihren unförmigen Paketen, jeder von ihnen schon in seinem alten Gewand, seiner alten Seele isoliert,...

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict in human history, the horrors of war have left an indelible mark on the world's conscience. In 1940, the chilling disappearance of thousands of Polish military officers, policemen, and intellectuals...

In a world of covert operations and hidden truths, The Malingerer unravels the complex and gripping journey of a man whose life has been defined by secrets and sacrifice. Jackson Duvall, a man deeply entangled in the shadows of his own making, finds his...

With her twins in college and her ex-husband off to a younger pasture, Cassie is resigned to a disappointing life in Los Angeles, until she reluctantly returns to Paris to visit her ailing father. There, she discovers the existence of an estranged aunt,...

Fans of fast-paced adventure, thought-provoking storytelling and hard-boiled detectives like Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, will love Pinot Noir: A WWII Novel, inspired by true events. In 1940, German forces churn bucolic Alsace, France into a...

The dreams of two young lovers are shattered when a small nation at the ripple-edge of the world is plunged into war.Grace Freeman, the daughter of an English immigrant family, leaves her home in Auckland to join the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, in a bid...

Vale la pena di morire per un dipinto? Ispirato a fatti realmente accaduti, un indimenticabile racconto su come amore, coraggio e sacrificio possono salvare il patrimonio di un Paese. Italia, 1943. Elena Marchetti lascia a malincuore la propria...

Pride's Landing: A Story of Two Conflicts from World War Two After the Japanese bombed Hawaii, a group of men from North Alabama joined the coast guard as counter guerilla warfare troops designated to defend against Nazi-Italia saboteurs, whose targets...

What do you know about your ancestors?This book, the third one in the ANCESTORS series is based on the lives of the authors parents.Dot and Ben were born in the 1920's, lived and fought in WW2 and their story continues until 2014. What was their day to...

Len and his father, Son, might as well live on different planets. If the latter is a puritanical curmudgeon in his late 80s, then Len, a recent divorcee in his early 40s, is interested in one thing and one thing only: sex. They couldn't be more different...

August Naguchi, half Coast Salish, half Japanese, is ordered to go to a Japanese internment camp after Pearl Harbour. He resists, and Gambari follows his adventures with the law and locals in the exotic Malaspina Peninsula, a verdant seaside rainforest...

A bride-to-be without answers.A soldier who never came home.A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish...World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can't join in the Christmas festivities with her family and friends. The...

Our Duty follows the shenanigans of Polly and Aggie, student nurses when World War II begins. Eager to be a part of the action, Aggie joins the Army Air Corps and qualifies as a flight nurse. She is shipped off to the Pacific, while Polly chooses to...

Waggoners Gap is a spiritual place with unique natural beauty and breathtaking vistas overlooking the Cumberland Valley near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is also a pivotal locale in the sweeping story of two disparate families fighting for survival and...

Triangle of Treason takes us on an exciting journey through a momentous period in Bermuda's history.Retired Captain Rodney Horatio Grant RN, through a German friend, meets Hitler and soon finds himself embroiled in treason and murder as a dedicated spy...

The last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known.Now as a young woman all alone in the world, Valerie must return to Paris, to the bookshop and her sole surviving...

Absence isn't a hole. It's a presence living inside you, eating its way out.Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, André Albert finds his four-year-old son in...