DEAR MISS KOPP (Kopp Sisters #6) by Amy Stewart will be published on January 12th 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The United States has entered the Great War, and the three Kopp sisters are serving their country in different ways. Constance has taken a job with the Bureau of Investigation and is working undercover to locate German spies. Fleurette is part of a song and dance group that is traveling the country and performing for the soldiers at different training bases. Returning home to recuperate from an illness, Fleurette joins Constance in an undercover investigation, Meanwhile, middle sister Norma, is stationed in the French countryside and is desperately trying to prove the necessity of her carrier pigeons to the Army Signal Corps. When Norma’s roommate, Aggie, is accused of stealing medical supplies from the nearby American field hospital, Norma assigns herself the case.
DEAR MISS KOPP is told entirely through letters exchanged between the three sisters and some of their cohorts—including Norma’s roommate, Fleurette’s friend, and Constance’s and Norma’s bosses. The story being told through letters was a bit off-putting at first. I am a huge fan of the Kopp Sisters series, so the different way that this was one was written threw me for a loop. After a few of the letters, I settled in to the flow and found it to be a very enjoyable read. The letters weave the separate storylines together. The is a great follow up novel to KOPP SISTERS ON THE MARCH which followed the sisters received training at a military-style came designed for women.
While the Kopp sisters are based on real people, this book is more fiction than fact. Amy Stewart does bring in plenty of real-life facts and stories about the Kopps—including Fleurette’s pet parrot—but there is no record of what the Kopp sisters were up to during World War 1. Stewart sticks to the nature of the characters and places each of them in plausible situations. As usual, Stewart has done her research and brings the time period to life.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.