Whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly.
Whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly.
World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid spy and expert code breaker Maggie Hope. After serving as a secret agent to protect Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, Maggie is now an elite member of the Special Operations Executive a black ops organization designed to aid the British effort abroad and her first assignment sends her straight into Nazi-controlled Berlin, the very heart of the German war machine. Relying on her quick wit and keen instincts, Maggie infiltrates the highest level of Berlin society, gathering information to pass on to London headquarters. But the secrets she unveils will expose a darker, more dangerous side of the war and of her own past.
“You ll be [Maggie Hope s] loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes. - O: The Oprah Magazine”
SUSAN ELIA MACNEAL is the New York Times-bestselling author of the Maggie Hope Mystery series. She has won the Barry Award in the USA as well as being nominated for theMacavity, Dilys and Edgar Awards.
Danger lurks around every street corner in Nazi-occupied Europe, never more so than in agent Maggie Hope's assigned destination - Berlin. As an agent of the elite Special Operations Executive, Maggie's mission in the heart of Germany is to infiltrate the highest levels of society and gather information to relay back to London. She soon uncovers a secret, however, that exposes an aspect of the Second World War even darker than she could ever have imagined. Surrounded by enemies who would delight in snuffing out her life, Maggie must act on what she has discovered ... if she can keep herself alive long enough. (Constable Crime logo) Cover design: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7.99
World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid spy and expert code breaker Maggie Hope. After serving as a secret agent to protect Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, Maggie is now an elite member of the Special Operations Executive a black ops organization designed to aid the British effort abroad and her first assignment sends her straight into Nazi-controlled Berlin, the very heart of the German war machine. Relying on her quick wit and keen instincts, Maggie infiltrates the highest level of Berlin society, gathering information to pass on to London headquarters. But the secrets she unveils will expose a darker, more dangerous side of the war and of her own past.
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