THE ALIBI CLUB Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the 15 best novels of the year and by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the best books for the holiday season! NEW!  Read a Q & A with Francine about the book! Listen to Francine on Authors On Tour—Live! (scroll down to the second to last listing) It's the city's most infamous after-hours haunt—a glittering hotbed of deals and debaucheries. The sordid death of Philip Stilwell sends shock waves through the Alibi Club... for there's much more to Stilwell's untimely end than a sex game gone wrong. His murder and the desperate attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands till bring together the strands of a twisted plot of betrayal, passion, and espionage—one connected to the Alibi Club... and to the most explosive secret of the war. As the Nazis march on Paris and the crisis escalates, four remarkable characters are swept into the maelstrom. Their courage will change the course of history. Sally King—Philip Stilwell planned to propose to her the very night of his death. Shattered, she will uncover the truth for which her lover died—whatever the cost. Memphis Jones—The African-American blues diva who came to Paris via Tennessee. Leaving the city that loves her is unthinkable—even if the Nazis force her to wear a yellow star. Nell Bracecourt—The coming German invasion offers this earl's daughter a dangerous jolt out of boredom and disillusionment...and a final, deadly rendezvous. Iréne Curie—Daughter of the world's most famed scientists, her marriage and the foundations of atomic fusion are on a collision course. Epic yet intimate, a seamless blend of fact and fiction based on a little-known episode of the war, The Alibi Club is a thriller of fierce and complex suspense by a writer whose own life in the spy world makes espionage come uniquely alive. BUY THE BOOK: IndieBound | Amazon | Barnes & Noble PRAISE "Imagine the impeccable period details of Alan Furst's novels about Paris during WWII mixed with a cast straight out of Casablanca and you begin to get some idea of the pleasures on tap in Mathew's new thriller..."    —Publishers Weekly (starred review)