The answer lies in The Moon is Square, Linda Posson’s debut novel
“The moon is square.”
“No, the moon is pointed.”
“Follow me.”
Nonsensical passwords whispered in the dark under a streetlight between strangers known to each other only by their codenames often spelled the difference between life and death for the men and women of the French Resistance.
Jacqueline Meyers could crank out best-selling whodunits set on the sites of Roman ruins, but when it came to solving a real mystery, she ventured into unknown territory to ferret out the truth about who betrayed France’s most celebrated Resistance hero.
The Moon is Square is a story within a story. The past becomes entangled with the present in profound and unexpected ways as Jacqueline and her French confidante Simi trace Jean Moulin’s footsteps through real and imaginary events in a tale of war, love, loss, and discovery. Woven into the tapestry of the historical plot are softer threads of Provencal village life–a drunkard’s tale, Jacqueline’s search for her French birth parents, and her unanticipated romantic dilemma.
Francophiles, French Resistance buffs, and Upmarket and Historical Fiction readers may enjoy The Moon is Square. Imagine a plot co-authored by Isabel Allende and Peter Mayle, in which the truth about an unresolved chapter from World War II unfolds against the backdrop of life in a Provencal village where secrets kept since the war come to light.