Kathryn Gauci Books in Order

After escaping occupied France, Claire returns as an undercover British agent and befriends a German commandant’s wife. Becoming his mistress offers access to crucial intelligence, but her concealed past makes the emotional cost of deception increasingly difficult to bear.

A refugee escaping the destruction of Smyrna finds himself destitute in Piraeus until a musician recognises his talent. Learning the bouzouki offers hope, while his love for a captivating singer draws him toward an uncertain future.

In Anatolian villages sustained by carpet weaving, a Greek Orthodox woman and a Muslim Turk build a deep friendship. War, invasion and rising mistrust force their communities to take sides, threatening bonds that once held their shared world together.

When German forces invade France, young Nathalie leaves her quiet rural life for Paris and joins the Resistance. A chance meeting exposes a traitor within the network, placing her fellow fighters and their struggle for freedom in danger.

Sent to occupied Greece, an SOE agent joins a resistance network and becomes involved with an enigmatic woman. A massacre and troubling intelligence suggest betrayal, forcing him to identify a traitor before the entire operation is destroyed.

When contact with a French resistance network disappears before D-Day, Elizabeth returns to find its leader, her husband. Discovering evidence of betrayal, she must uncover a traitor and rebuild the network while enemy forces close in.

A Greek widow supports her daughter by running a small island tavern during German occupation. Hiding weapons for the Resistance places her in danger, while devastating losses and an arranged marriage threaten to reshape both their lives.

Working undercover at a Champagne estate before D-Day, a resistance fighter carries out increasingly dangerous assignments. Ordered into a final mission against a senior German officer, she must confront both a cunning enemy and the cost of killing.

As Nazi persecution transforms Vienna, a successful dressmaker tries to protect her lover and her couture house. The murder of a Jewish employee pushes her into a dangerous double life amid the fear and suspicion consuming the city.

Villagers near the Pyrenees begin helping soldiers escape occupied France, then find themselves guiding a growing stream of refugees. Their work draws them into perilous resistance networks, where betrayal, forbidden love and reprisals threaten the entire community.

An American intelligence agent in neutral Istanbul assists an Austrian resistance group supplying information about Nazi weapons factories. After two men are murdered, he suspects a traitor within the network and races to uncover the betrayal.

A grand society wedding in Constantinople turns deadly when a guest is murdered. Drawing on her late husband’s judicial experience, Theodosia joins her trusted servant and a police inspector in untangling secrets among the city’s powerful families.

Seeking a new direction after decades in textile design, Kathryn Gauci returns to Greece to explore its islands alone. Encounters with local people, food and history reconnect her with a changing country and help her discover a path toward writing.

A family’s embroidery and fashion business rises through Ottoman society before war destroys its world. Decades later, a woman visiting her dying aunt uncovers family secrets entangled with political intrigue, espionage and a prophecy that has haunted generations.