THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU

Madeleine Maby skillfully narrates Harmel's new historical mystery. Jewel thief Colette Marceau has known of her family's history--stealing from the rich and giving to the poor--since she was 14. Seventy years later, a museum exhibit of a unique diamond bracelet catches her attention. The last time she saw that bracelet was in Paris in 1942 on the night her sister, Liliane, was arrested by the Nazis with the bracelet hidden in the hem of her skirt. Now, Colette joins forces with her attorney, Aviva, to find the bracelet's owner and learn what happened to her sister. As the 21st century investigation unfolds, with gripping flashbacks to scenes of Paris during the Holocaust, Maby's narration is spot-on, particularly her delivery of French words and phrases. S.D.B. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2025]