Part of Maggie Hope, book 11
First published 2024
Maggie Hope receives her most dangerous assignment yet from British Intelligence: kill Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who could deliver a nuclear bomb to Nazi Germany. The former secretary turned spy has survived countless missions, but assassination crosses a line she has never crossed before. When Heisenberg travels to Madrid for a lecture, Maggie follows him there. Fashion designer Coco Chanel requests a meeting with Maggie and the British Ambassador, offering perfect cover for the mission while playing her own spy games with questionable loyalties. As Maggie tries to learn more about Heisenberg and the Nazi bomb program, she discovers her own mother has been involved in the war effort and carries secrets that will shake everything Maggie believes. With the war reaching its climax and her relationship with John Sterling offering the promise of a normal life, Maggie must choose between personal happiness and a mission that could determine the fate of the free world.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, espionage
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Britain, Germany, Madrid, Spain
Period: World War II
304 pages · Hardcover · Bantam
Content warnings: violence, war