Finished: The Huntress (Quinn) A very good WWII story about a heartless female Nazi known as the Huntress, a spitfire Russian female war pilot, a male war correspondent with an ax to grind against the Huntress, and a teenager in Boston whose widowed father may or may not have just married an escaped Nazi with a new name. Nina is born and raised by a lake in the remoteness of Siberia by just her harsh father. All her siblings have already left and she is desperately trying to figure out what to do with her life to get her out of Siberia. When she sees a small aircraft land near the lake and rushes over to question the pilot, she knows she has discovered her calling. Through determination and skill she makes her way into the all female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of Russia known by the nickname the Night Witches. She thrives in this environment, finds a family of sisters, and flies more than 600 missions before being forced to land across enemy lines in Poland. It is in her weeks of survival that she first encounters the Huntress. The Huntress is the mistress of a high ranking SS officer who is just as cruel and merciless as the male Nazi's were. One of her many atrocities...one day when she finds six escaped Jewish children on the road near her home, she takes them in and feeds them, and then takes them out by the lake and executes each one of them. When her cowardly SS officer kills himself when it becomes obvious that the war is lost, the Huntress kills a Jewish woman, takes her credentials AND the four year old daughter she had with her, and makes her way to America with false papers. Ian, the war correspondent has reported on wars in Spain, Europe, and landed in Normandy with the WWII troops. His magazine articles are very well read by followers in America. After the war he concentrates on hunting down Nazis until the Nuremberg Trials are over. After the trials, people in Europe start to lose interesting in finding the many more Nazis who have not been brought to justice. Ian loses his lust for writing after the trials and takes on the more personal mission of finding a singular Nazi who killed his U.S. soldier brother in cold blood after he escaped from a prison camp....the Huntress! Ian, along with his young partner and veteran of WWII, Tony, and Nina, who Ian shares a surprising history with, all head to Boston when they get a tiny lead on where the Huntress may be. Jordan, the daughter of antique dealer, Dan McBride, is a budding photographer and she's GOOD. She's a bit wary of meeting the woman her father has fallen for, but the woman couldn't be kinder or more accepting. They settle into an easy relationship and all is going well until Jordan accidentally finds a Nazi iron cross hidden in her soon-to-be stepmother's bouquet, after she and Dan have just said their I do's. The story goes back and forth from the viewpoints of Nina, Ian, the Huntress and Jordan and is very compelling! Needless to say, all their lives end up intertwining as the tale comes to a head. Very well written with great character development! I might search out more of Kate Quinn's books. :-)