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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

“An annoying interference to the objective you had in mind and most certainly would have achieved, I’ve no doubt.”

A flicker in the author’s eyes confirmed to Derrick that all the time in the world would not have achieved what he had in mind for Victoria Grayson. Beaumont Fournier had come to betray her for her rejection of him. “Yes, most annoying,” he said smoothly.

“Well then, Monsieur Fournier, it is most kind of you to be concerned for my welfare,” Derrick said. “You must tell me how I can express my gratitude.” He glanced at the wall clock. “But before you do, it is my habit to have a cup of coffee this time of morning. Perhaps you’d care to join me?” He nodded toward a sideboard. “There are fresh croissants, as well.”

“No croissants, s’il vous plaît, but I would very much appreciate a cup of coffee. I am recovering from…an arduous night.”

The colonel returned his visitor’s man-to-man smile. “But none too stressful to be enjoyed, I hope.” He punched a button on his desk. “Karl,” he said into the intercom, “bring us two cups of coffee, the kind we serve to special visitors.”

“Yes, Herr Colonel,” came the reply.

Ten minutes later, the author of Cathédrale de Silence lay sprawled in his chair awaiting disposal by the usual means. His eyes were staring and mouth gawping in horrified realization of his immediate death, and the duke was not disposed to close them. The author had died of cyanide poisoning.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

After giving Dirk Drechsler sufficient time to be off, Bucky headed for the metro that would deposit him within a few blocks of the site of the mural. He had delayed his departure until the sergeant had left the boardinghouse. Bucky had not wanted to risk the man foisting his company on him, or worse, following him. The traitor—a Texan, no less! There was no mistaking that accent—had taken a disturbing interest in him.

At first he’d thought the attraction had to do with his longing for a friend. The guy was pathetically lonely. If Bucky hadn’t despised him, he’d have felt sorry for him. His Nazi cohorts treated him like a stray dog cowering up to the back porch looking for handouts and wanted no part of him. Bucky had thought at first that the sergeant, desperate for companionship, had singled him out for no reason other than he needed a buddy, but he had given him no opening for friendship. It had been a strain to avoid him, but Bucky thought he’d successfully prevented any chance of the guy picking up a trace of behavior or speech that would betray him as a fellow American. Now, though, he wasn’t so sure.