The Huntress: A Novel

Instant New York Times Bestseller!...compulsively readable historical fiction[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity. Kristin Hannah, The Washington PostOne of Marie Claires Best Womens Fiction Books of the YearOne of BookBubs Biggest Books of the YearIf you enjoyed The Tattooist of Auschwitz, read The Huntress, by Kate Quinn. The Washington PostFrom the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating work of WWII historical fiction about a battlehaunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the huntedBold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an allfemale night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Ninas bravery and cunning will keep her alive.Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a dedicated Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.Growing up in postwar Boston, seventeenyearold Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her longwidowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiance, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the softspoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmothers past in this gripping postwar mysteryonly to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.In this immersive, heartwrenching story told from multiple perspectives, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth.