TY - BOOK AU - Dahl,Kjell Ola AU - Bartlett,Don TI - The courier SN - 9781912374434 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Orenda Books KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Underground movements KW - Norway KW - Fiction KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Holocaust survivors KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Stockholm (Sweden) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Oslo (Norway) KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Detective and mystery fiction N1 - "First published in Norwegian as Kureren in 2105 by Gyldenhal, Norway"--Title page verso; Translated from the Norwegian N2 - "In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero, Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Ase, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire. And yet, twenty-five years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter. But where has he been, and what is the real reason for his return? Ester stumbles across information that forces her to look closely at her past, and to revisit her war -time training to stay alive..."--Provided by publisher ER -