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A Valiant Deceit
A Valiant Deceit | Stephanie Graves
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Young pigeoneer Olive Bright has been conscripted, with her racing birds, to aid the fight against the Nazis. Its not the daring role she'd envisioned for herself, but her quiet little English village is not nearly as sheltered as she imagined . . . 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 its 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. 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 Becketts 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 Belgiansnot to mention her pigeonsin grave danger.
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Jaimelire
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Second book in the Olive Bright series. I am really enjoying these books so far. Mystery, historical fiction and cozy read. What‘s not to like?

robinb I love these too! So good! And they just keep getting better and better. (edited) 1y
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robinb
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Second installment of a series centered around Olive, a 22-year-old woman living with her parents in the small village of Pipley during WW2. Her family‘s racing pigeons have been conscripted by a nearby top-secret training base to serve in the war. The body of a training instructor at the top-secret training base near her home (and where she serves as a FANY) is discovered in the nearby woods along with some possible clues that could indicate 🔻

robinb foul play. Olive suspects a spy at work, either the instructor or someone he found out. Could it be connected to the secret mission in place for which Belgian resistance agents (along with her pigeons) are risking their lives? And if so, is one of their own at Brickendonbury Manor the spy/murderer? A good follow-up to the initial book, with some good sleuthing on the part of our intrepid, tenacious pigeoneer. 🔻 2y
robinb There are also more subtle hints of some “real” romance to come with her liaison Jamie. While I like and admire Olive, there is sometimes a fine line that she crosses in her nosiness and stubbornness that frustrates and annoys me. But I‘m hoping this will ease a little as she becomes more involved/at ease with Jamie. 4/5⭐️ (edited) 2y
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