Rhys Bowen: Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure
Rhys Bowen’s annual standalone is a WWII novel about a woman who turns her life around after a surprising divorce and finds an unexpected new life in France just before the Nazis invade.
In 1938 Ellie Endicott is stunned when her husband of 30 years suddenly asks for a divorce because he is in love with another, younger woman. Ellie quickly gets advice from a solicitor and demands half their assets instead of the flat he offers her. Instead of taking this love-nest her husband once shared with his mistress, she demands a substantial settlement, then takes his Bentley and heads to France.