THE GERMAN WIFE

Kelly Rimmer (Hachette, $32.99) Alabama, 1949. Sofie Rhodes is the wife of Jurgen, one of hundreds of Nazi scientists offered pardons after WWII and taken to the US to work for the CIA’S fledgling space program. A mother of four, Sofie misses Germany terribly and struggles to fit in with the other NASA wives. When news of the family’s Nazi affiliation spreads, gossip turns to bitter rage, with the resulting violence tearing apart a community and a family before the truth is revealed. But is it murder, revenge or justice?

Turn to page 138 for an interview with the author.