A Courage Undimmed

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Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright. As bitter cold weather forces her racing birds indoors in November 1941, Olive is assigned a new role in the war effort—escorting Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming during his visit to the Brickendonbury Manor spy training center. With fewer pigeons conscripted for missions into occupied Europe, Olive fears her covert program may be dropped altogether. The new CO, Major Blighty, has expressed doubts about her birds and assigned her to the seemingly insignificant task of escorting Fleming, who comes across as aloof and arrogant. Unexpectedly, she finds herself accompanying him to a séance led by the self-proclaimed medium Velda Dunbar, who has captured the village's attention after a public channeling of a doomed seaman from the HMS Bartholomew. Fleming remains tight-lipped about his reasons for attending, raising eyebrows as Olive maintains the ruse of dating Captain Jameson Aldridge. When murder occurs before her eyes, Olive must trust her instincts and consider everyone a suspect—including the enigmatic Fleming—since one of them harbors a hidden deadly agenda.