Part of Maggie Hope, book 1
First published 2012
London, 1940. Maggie Hope arrives at 10 Downing Street as Winston Churchill takes power and war spreads across Europe. Despite graduating at the top of her class with skills that rival the best intelligence officers, her gender limits her to typing duties. But Maggie refuses to accept these boundaries. Her talent for codebreaking and relentless determination earn her access to the War Rooms and clearance she never expected. As air raid sirens drive Londoners underground and the threat of invasion grows daily, Maggie discovers a dangerous conspiracy within the government itself. A faction of conspirators will stop at nothing to alter the war's trajectory. Caught in a deadly network of spies and murder, Maggie must use her intelligence to serve her country while staying alive. When she uncovers a plot that connects to her own family's buried secrets, she realizes only her quick thinking can prevent an assassin from reaching Churchill. Maggie faces an impossible choice between duty and survival as London burns around her.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: London, Downing Street
Period: 1940
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