His Majesty's Hope - A Maggie Hope Mystery

Zusatztext “You’ll be [Maggie Hope’s] loyal subject! ready to follow her wherever she goes.”— O: The Oprah Magazine Praise for the Maggie Hope Mysteries “With false starts! double agents! and red herrings . . . MacNeal provides a vivid view of life both above and below stairs at Windsor Castle.”— Publishers Weekly! on Princess Elizabeth’s Spy “A captivating! post-feminist picture of England during its finest hour.”— The Denver Post! on Mr. Churchill’s Secretary Informationen zum Autor Susan Elia MacNeal Klappentext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, 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 MagazineChapter One Maggie Hope was feeling her way through thick darkness. She was panting after shimmying up a rickety drainpipe, knocking out a screen in an upper-story window, avoiding several trip wires, and then sliding silently onto the floor of a dark hallway. She took a deep breath and rose to her feet, every nerve alert. Beneath her foot, a parquet floorboard creaked. Oh, come now, she thought. She waited for a moment, slowing her breathing, feeling her heart thunder in her chest. All around her was impenetrable black. The only sounds were the creaks of an ancient manor house. Nothing. All clear. Maggie could feel dampness under her arms and hot drops of sweat trickling down the small of her back. Aware of each and every sound, she continued down the hall until she reached the home's library. The door was locked. Well, of course it is, Maggie thought. She picked the lock in seconds with one of her hairpins. Once she'd ascertained no one was there, she turned on her tiny flashlight and made her way to the desk. The safe was supposed to be under it. And it was, just as her handler had described. Good, she thought, sitting down on the carpet next to it. All right, let's talk. That was how she pictured safecracking: a nice little chat with the safe. It was how the Glaswegian safecracker Johnny Ramensky--released from prison to do his part for the war effort--had taught her. She spun the dial and listened. When she could hear the tumblers dropping into place--not hear, but feel the vibrations with her fingertips--she knew she had the first number correct. Now, for the second. Biting her lower lip in concentration, immersed in safecracking, Maggie didn't hear the room's closet door open. Out from the shadows emerged a man. He was tall and lean, and wearing an SS uniform. "You're never going to get away with this, you know," he lisped, like Paul Lukas in Confessions of a Nazi Spy. Maggie didn't bother to answer, saving her energy for the last twist of the dial, the safe's thick metal door clicking open. In a single move, she gathered the files from the safe under her arm and sprang to her feet. She turned the flashlight on the intruder. He squinted at...

Product details

• Authors: Susan Elia Macneal, MACNEAL SUSAN ELIA, Susan Elia McNeal
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.05.2013
• EAN: 9780345536730
• ISBN: 978-0-345-53673-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Maggie Hope; Maggie Hope Mysteries; Maggie Hope
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense