These courageous women proudly did their bit for King and country and found solace and camaraderie in the lasting friendships forged in war.
Three very different young women serve as air ambulance nurses bravely flying into WWII combat zones risking their lives to evacuate the wounded. Irish Maeve joined the RAF after her fiancé was killed; streetwise Etta fled London’s slums in search of a better life, and farm girl Betty enlisted to prevent the wounded from dying like her brother.
Newspapers have given these women a romantic nickname: “The Flying Nightingales.” Not that there’s anything romantic about what they do. The horrific injuries they encounter on a daily basis take their toll, so when one of the Nightingales is found dead, they wonder: Was it an accident? Suicide? Or something else?
After another nursing orderly dies mysteriously, they think: Someone’s killing Nightingales. The friends grapple with their loss all while keeping a stiff upper lip and continuing to care for casualties as they’re being strafed by the Luftwaffe.
“Riveting and affecting. . . Walker deftly mixes the fear and terror of war with the humanity and courage of this remarkable Band of Sisters—creating a touching and heartfelt celebration of three ‘ordinary’ women—who achieved the extraordinary.”
—Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope mysteries and Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
“Vividly captures the challenges of serving in WWII as air ambulance nurses. . . a deserving novel of these wartime heroines that has been just waiting to be told.
—Susan Meissner, USA TODAY bestselling author of Only the Beautiful
“A captivating story of courage and heartbreak as three disparate women find friendship and love during the last perilous year of the Second World War.”
—Marty Wingate, USA Today bestselling author
“Brimming with historical detail and layered with emotional depth, Death of a Flying Nightingale serves as both a cracking good mystery and tribute to the Flying Nightingales who risked their lives to bring the wounded boys of World War II safely home. I loved it!”
—Melissa Amateis, WWII historian and author of The Stranger from Berlin
“A gripping plot and a tender heart. . . Laugh and cry with these three splendid women, marvel at their bravery, cheer on their sleuthing, and simply luxuriate in the company of a writer who does both romantic and unflinching brilliantly.”
—Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of In Place of Fear
