Part of Maggie Hope, book 4
First published 2014
Maggie Hope comes back to the training facility where she once learned to be a secret agent. Now she stands in front of new recruits as their instructor, trying to rebuild her life after a brutal undercover assignment left her shaken. The familiar surroundings should offer comfort, but instead she discovers that people at the camp are being poisoned. Someone is targeting trainees and staff with lethal substances. As Maggie digs deeper into the mysterious deaths, she uncovers something even more disturbing. Churchill has been secretly accumulating biological weapons, preparing for the possibility that Nazi forces will invade British soil. The Prime Minister believes these deadly agents might be Britain's last defense against occupation. Maggie must navigate between her loyalty to Churchill and her horror at what these weapons could unleash. She races to identify the poisoner while grappling with the moral weight of biological warfare. Her investigation forces her to confront whether survival justifies any means necessary.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, moral-ambiguity, undercover
Setting: Britain
Period: World War II
447 pages · Paperback · Kennebec Large Print
Content warnings: violence