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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

Konrad replenished their coffee cups. “I intend to be very careful. I am in love.”

Derrick cocked his head in surprise. “Oh, really? Who?”

“The beautiful Madame Adeline Gastain, my neighbor.”

“Is she in love with you?”

“I have a glimmer of hope that someday she might be. I am taking her to the premiere of Les Visiteurs du Soir Saturday night.”

“I will see you there!” Derrick said. “I am taking the beautiful Mademoiselle Veronique Colbert, my fencing partner at L’Ecole d’Escrime Français.”

“You speak of her as if you’re in love, mein Freund.”

“I very well could be.”

Konrad cocked an eyebrow. “Is she in love with you?”

Derrick shook his head. “No, sadly, and I’ve not a glimmer of hope that she ever will be.”

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

Returning to his boardinghouse after work Tuesday, Bucky had felt his heart “go back on him,” an expression that his dear Oklahoma grandmother, now deceased, would use to describe her reaction to a shock. Each day, going and coming from the boardinghouse, Bucky looked for a black mark on the right underside of the first step. That it was never there was no surprise to Bucky. He did not expect to hear from his father again until the war was over.

But Tuesday afternoon, his usual cursory glance stuck to the black mark as if glued to it, his father’s instructions resounding in his ear. Should I need to contact you, you will find a black mark on the right side of the first step of your boardinghouse. Couriers are too risky. Go to the tree.

Making the trip to the plane tree in Passy-Auteuil at that hour would have meant the risk of being caught out after curfew. He would have to wait, trapped, until the following morning, so Wednesday, he was up and gone from the boardinghouse the minute curfew was lifted. The day had not fully broken when he arrived at the tree across from his aunt’s house and withdrew a message from its hiding place. It was short but succinct. The message warned that on Tuesday an Abwehr sergeant who appeared to be an American had called upon the house by the quayside in Honfleur and inquired of the caretaker about Nicholas Cravois and Stephane Beaulieu. Bucky remembered the silent-footed woman in the faded kerchief and apron who had served him and his father tea. He hoped she was long gone by now.

Sweat broke out on his face. How the hell had Dirk Drechsler, that bumbling fool, discovered the house in Honfleur? The only explanation was that he had followed Bucky to it. Did that mean he had also tailed him to the café in Montparnasse Saturday? Was that the reason for his curious questioning of Bucky’s whereabouts that day?