A National Bestseller
On the eve of the Nazi occupation in Brussels, life for the residents of 33 Place Brugmann is about to change. Charlotte Sauvin knows the distinct knock of her friend Julian Raphael across the hall. Then the Raphaels disappear. When a Nazi functionary with an interest in the Raphaels moves into the building, knowing who can and cannot be trusted becomes a matter of life and death. In the face of their new reality, every member of this community will discover they are not the person they believed themself to be. When confronted with a choice - submit to the regime or risk their lives to save one another - each learns the truth about what matters to them the most.