Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw

Avenue of Spies is like a page-turner of a spy thriller except it's completely true. Summer Jackson was an American doctor working in Paris in the '30s. He could see where things were heading and wanted to head back to the U.S. but his Swiss-born wife, Toquette, wanted to stay in Paris. So they did. And soon the Nazis moved in. Many of the high-ranking Nazis--as well as Gestapo headquarters--ended up on their street, in homes belonging to well-to-do Jews who had fled the city. Hence the title Avenue of Spies.

At the American Hospital where he worked, Summer helped hide (and sneak out of the country) people who needed help, like the British pilots who crashed in France. Toquette became involved with the French Resistance and even their son Phillip was doing his part for the cause. When America entered the war, and Summer was effectively living in enemy territory, things became even more dangerous for the family. And soon they found themselves being shipped off to parts unknown, like so many others.

Kershaw gives a good view of life in Paris at the time--where the German generals were dining like kings while the regular citizens starved--and where paranoia was the emotion of the day. He also paints a wonderful portrait of Summer as a  brave man who "did the right thing when so many in France opted to collaborate rather than fight."