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An Unlikely Prospect: A World War II Novel

“Turns historical silence into a story of resistance.” — San Francisco Chronicle

For fans of Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code and Jacqueline Winspear’s The Consequences of Fear comes a gripping novel, set in post–WWII San Francisco, about a young female newspaper publisher and a story that could change the course of her city’s future.

“…a well-paced, edgy tale…a salute to solid, honest journalism.”—Kirkus Reviews

Novels in the Jane Benjamin Universe

Book 1 of the Jane Benjamin Series

Book 2 of the Jane Benjamin Series

Book 3 of the Jane Benjamin Series

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