Paris, spring 1940, the eve of the fascist occupation. The main characters of the novel are an American lawyer, a fashion model, a jazz singer, a vineyard owner and a British diplomat. All of them find themselves involved in the confrontation between American and German intelligence. The struggle is for the laboratory and documentation of French nuclear physicists on the creation of the atomic bomb... The author of the novel, Francine Matthews, worked for four years as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. Matthews now lives in Colorado and is working on a new detective story, which also promises to become a global bestseller, like “The Alibi Club.”