The Firefly of France
by Marion Polk Angellotti
"The Firefly of France" is a protagonist pulled into events innocently, but manage to triumph against the odds. The book is about a 30-year-old man, Devereux Bayne, who is staying at a hotel in New York City. He will be leaving for Bordeaux the next morning. He plans on helping France in their war with the Germans prior to WWI by driving an ambulance. Mr. Bayne quickly gets caught up in some mysterious circumstances with a burglar, a beautiful young lady, smuggled papers in code and a menacing stranger.