THE ALIBI CLUB

In this WWII story, Ellen Archer is called upon to speak with French, Belgian, German, Cockney, and Russian accents, and she performs them all with ease. Just before the fall of France, an American lawyer working in the Paris office of an international law firm is murdered in what appears to be a crime of passion. But as the story develops, you learn that his killing is actually linked to a partisan effort to keep atomic secrets from the Nazis. In this exciting story reminiscent of Alan Furst's novels, Archer's only failing, and it's a minor criticism, is her unsuccessful attempts to sound like men. She'd do better by leaving well enough alone. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 07]