1--What is the title of your latest release?
THE GOLDEN DOVES
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Jose and Arlette, two spies in the French underground during WWII, outsmart the Gestapo at every turn and become known as the Golden Doves. Years after they survive a Nazi concentration camp, they team up again to bring the doctor that violated them to justice.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I was fascinated with how so many Nazis escaped justice by leaving Germany on the so-called ratline to South America and wanted to set a book there.
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Absolutely. If they’d have me. They lead very busy lives.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Both are wounded, unstoppable, and completely devoted to each other.
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
That the Catholic Church helped Nazi fugitives escape justice.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I edit as I draft.
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Jumbo shrimp. I’m obsessed.
9--Describe your writing space/office!
I have a great space on the second floor of our house with an amazing view of the surrounding hay fields and mountains.
10--Who is an author you admire?
Margaret Atwood
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
Jane Eyre launched me into reading when I was in middle school.
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
That was a crazy day. My agent called me and said, “Are you sitting down?” and I knew it was going to be good.
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
I love a good mystery.
14--What’s your favorite movie?
The Last of the Mohicans is tied with Pride and Prejudice, the Keira Knightly version.
15--What is your favorite season?
Summer
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
In Connecticut surrounded by family with my husband cooking, playing charades and with an unputdownable book to read that night.
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
White Lotus
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Thai
19--What do you do when you have free time?
Go on a research trip for my next book.
20--What can readers expect from you next?
A novel about a family on Martha’s Vineyard during WWII.
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—an extraordinary novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls
American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again.
A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dangerous dual mission: Josie is working for U.S. Army intelligence and accepts an assignment to hunt down the infamous doctor, while a mysterious man tells Arlette he may have found her son. The Golden Doves embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets, and must put themselves in grave danger to finally secure justice and protect the ones they love.
Martha Hall Kelly has garnered acclaim for her stunning combination of empathy and research into the stories of women throughout history and for exploring the terrors of Ravensbrück. With The Golden Doves, she has crafted an unforgettable story about the fates of Nazi fugitives in the wake of World War II—and the unsung females spies who risked it all to bring them to justice.
Historical | Mystery | Suspense [Random House Publishing Group, On Sale: April 18, 2023, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593354889 / eISBN: 9780593354896]
MARTHA HALL KELLY is a native New Englander, now transplanted in Atlanta, Georgia, where she spends her days filling legal pads with stories and reading WWII books.
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