Part of Maggie Hope, book 7
First published 2017
Maggie Hope walks the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris dressed in Chanel, her disguise hiding her true mission for the Special Operations Executive. SS officers cruise past in black Mercedes while swastika banners hang from the Ritz Hotel. Maggie has traveled far from her days typing for Winston Churchill, but now she faces her most dangerous assignment yet. Her half sister Elise has vanished after escaping a concentration camp, and Maggie desperately wants to find her. Meanwhile, captured SOE agent Erica Calvert possessed crucial intelligence about the planned Allied invasion of Normandy. The Germans now hold research that could doom D-Day before it begins. Maggie must infiltrate Nazi social circles and use every skill she has learned to accomplish three vital goals: expose a traitor within the resistance, locate her missing sister, and recover the stolen invasion plans. Each day brings new risks as she matches wits with German intelligence officers who would kill her without hesitation if they discovered her true identity.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, espionage
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, undercover
Setting: Normandy, Paris, Ritz Hotel
Period: Nazi-Occupied, World War II
301 pages · Hardcover · Bantam
Content warnings: violence