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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

But Wild Bill Donovan’s deputy would make one alteration to his boss’s order. He would go ahead and arrange for a couple of Lysanders to be fueled up and ready to extract his operatives from Paris once Henri gave him the green light for takeoff.

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

That evening at eight o’clock on the dot, Bridgette faithfully withdrew her suitcase radio from a spacious recess hidden behind a panel concealed by an armoire in her attic room. The space had been built during the French Revolution to hide aristocrats on the run from the guillotine. She waited with no expectation that the wireless instrument, volume turned low, would speak to her. It seldom had, and then only briefly, in all the nights she’d sat before the box with pen and paper in hand. When she sent transmissions, the response was merely Copy that. Great work.

But this evening, the long and short sounds of dit and dah cracked the silence. Bridgette wrote hurriedly, for the transmission was brief. The decrypted message read: D meet 1600/31. Further transcribed, the text ordered Dragonfly to gather at four o’clock the following day, Saturday, October 31, at the tea and book shop. Bridgette stared at the summons in alarm. It meant that an emergency had flared up.

Bridgette tapped a reply: Copy that. Awaiting further instructions. An answer came back after several anxious minutes, as if the major was considering a reply: Nothing more.

She had no idea what times her teammates checked the wall during the weekdays or weekends. Her working hours were long. She was required to report to La Maison de Boucher by eight and did not return to the convent until six, and weekends her appearances to paint were irregular. So far no member of the team had left a code mark on their symbols, nor had she been called upon to leave messages for them. She had not seen a dragonfly since the operation began. Their intel appeared on the other side of the door of the mail drop as if deposited by ghosts. Bridgette guessed they melted in with the increased foot traffic taking the Rue des Soeurs de Charité on their way to and from work. Achim had spoken of no one suspicious, and Bridgette was sure that he would have bragged of accosting someone he even slightly suspected of mischief.

So, tomorrow, a few minutes prior to the lift of the morning curfew, she would slip down to the mural before Achim Fleischer planted himself before the wall. He had told her proudly that he planned to stand his watch earlier than usual on Saturday mornings, when he calculated vandals would be most likely to strike between shifts of the German street patrols.