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Chapters (117)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Cast of Characters
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. The Recruits
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. The Missions
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  26. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  66. The Game
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  85. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  88. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  93. HOME
  94. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
  95. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
  96. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
  97. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
  98. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
  99. CHAPTER NINETY
  100. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
  101. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
  102. CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
  103. CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
  104. CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
  105. CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
  106. CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
  107. CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT
  108. CHAPTER NINETY-NINE
  109. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
  110. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE
  111. Acknowledgments
  112. Discover More
  113. About the Author
  114. Reading Group Guide
  115. Discussion Questions
  116. A Conversation with Leila Meacham
  117. ALSO BY LEILA MEACHAM

Behind him, Jacques Vogel widened his eyes warningly and made a little sound in his throat correspondent to slicing a finger across his neck.

“Then I must find a way to make it up to you,” the colonel said, the eyes still friendly. “Sprichst du Deutsch?” (Do you speak German?)

“Nein.”

“Then after the bout, we shall discuss in French how I should make amends. Perhaps you will allow me to take you for a meal?”

Behind the colonel, Jacques Vogel nodded vigorously. Say yes!

“That won’t be necessary,” Victoria said and stepped aside to move to the women’s dressing room.

“It is necessary to me,” he said, putting out a hand to bar her way. “Otherwise, I shall feel like a heartless lout.”

Which is exactly what you are, Victoria thought, understanding that the invitation was not to be refused, and said coldly, “Very well then, since you insist, Colonel. I will meet you at the piste.” Beneath her jacket, her silk blouse clung to her clammy skin. She felt she’d just come eye to eye with a swaying cobra.

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTY

You want me to do what?” Achim Fleischer’s commander demanded, staring up at the newest recruit in his department from a desk piled with the never-ending paperwork. “As short as we are of personnel and as busy as I am, you want me to investigate a mural going up on the courtyard wall of the Sisters of Charity? What the hell for?”

“There’s something suspicious about it. It’s a gut feeling I have. The drawing’s being done by a fashion designer new to the neighborhood. She could pass for a teenage girl, but she possesses the eyes of a woman, no matter her attempt to seduce me to believe otherwise.”

Seduce you, you little weasel, you with a penis the size of a shrimp! his chief thought uncharitably, his temper short-fused from his having to work on Sunday, his day off. The commander, head of a unit in a police force now as ostracized as the Jews, was already so weary of this meddling prick’s suspicions against neighbors and friends based on nothing but gut feelings.

“And that’s all? What is its subject?”

Undeterred, Achim Fleischer answered, “The subject quite escapes me, but there’s a dragonfly in it and some…seaweed, I think, and various other water plants, I believe they would be called.”

“Are they objectionable to look at?”

“Uh, no.”

“Then what do you find suspicious about them?”

“I don’t know. It’s…just this feeling I have that they have a clandestine purpose.”

“Ah, yes, that talking gut of yours again.” The commander continued writing. “Check with the mother superior of the convent. I’m sure she’s not unaware of somebody splashing paint on her courtyard wall. Find out where the girl came from, if she has her permission to do…whatever she’s doing.”