The Game of Treachery

The de Gruchys were famous for their wine. Once rich, they owned half the south bank of a French river. Now, with the war on, they were left with nothing. Nothing but the power their daughter held. The three de Gruchy sisters were beautiful and showed their wealth, regardless of the situation they found themselves in. But Madeleine de Gruchy betrayed them all by marrying a German. With Madeleine shifting over to the ‘other side’ the family disowned her. Amalie de Gruchy, the youngest of the sisters, was married to a Jewish man, but their married life barely lasted ten minutes.

Overcoming the trauma, Amalie falls into the ways of her eldest sister, Liane. Liane de Gruchy was a law unto herself. Her private life was one they were all best not knowing. To those who knew of her private life, she was terrifying. James approaches the Gruchys with the plans of his operation . The second volume centres on the moral ambiguity of resistance, collaboration and disguise as Liane and Amalie attempt to rescue airmen while the Germans use arrested relatives and infiltrators to dismantle their network.