Catching the Wind: A WWII Novel of a Missing Girl, a Lifelong Promise, and a Love That Never Gave Up

By Melanie Dobson

Book Overview

What happened to Brigitte Berthold?

That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, when he and ten-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival. Daniel vowed to find Brigitte after the war, a promise he has fought to fulfill for more than seventy years.

Now a wealthy old man, Daniel's final hope in finding Brigitte rests with Quenby Vaughn, an American journalist working in London. He believes Quenby's tenacity to find missing people and her personal investment in a related WWII espionage story will help her succeed where previous investigators have failed. Though Quenby is wrestling her own demons--and wary at the idea of teaming up with Daniel's lawyer, Lucas Hough--the lure of Brigitte's story is too much to resist. Together, Quenby and Lucas delve deep into the past, following a trail of deception, sacrifice, and healing that could change all of their futures.

A 2018 Christy Award finalist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496417283
• ISBN13: 9781496417282
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Loved this book!

"Thє ѕtσrm ѕєєmєd tσ αcuѕє hím αgαín fσr whαt hє'd dσnє αѕ α вσч. Chσσѕíng flíght σvєr fíght twícє." “If hє dídn't fínd вrígíttє ѕσσn, hє fєαrєd hє míght nσt rєmєmвєr hєr αt αll." 🍂Quenby, a journalist known for chasing difficult stories, was contacted by an old man living in an isolated castle to find a missing girl. Little did Quenby know that through searching for the missing girl, she would also discover the truth about her missing mother. I was drawn in by the mystery of the lost girl, the lonely old man who was losing his memories, and the journalist who having been abandoned as a child, threw herself into hard work, keeping everyone in her life at a distance. I became so engrossed in this book, that I didn’t put it down until I had finished it well after midnight!