Thank you Allen and Unwin for my review copy.

We all know about Oskar Schindler and his list, but how many of us have heard of Esther "Tess" Simpson and the work she did getting Jewish artists and scholars to out of Germany, Austria and the like?

*raises hand* I will admit that I had never heard of her, and she is one of many, so so many whose stories need to be told and out there so more of us know about them.

I was engrossed in the tale that Ms Beecham has given us. I found myself googling things as they came up in the story, needed to know more about the story behind what was happening in the book.

In fact, I have spent as much time reading about Tess as I did reading the book. I love when a story gets to me like that.

A great combination of true story and fiction, I was intrigued and enthralled all at the same time.

This was my first Caroline Beecham story, and I will be reading more by her in the future