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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

Derrick sat two hours, the tea barely drunk, the unidentifiable pastries uneaten, before deciding to leave. The radio operator was not coming. Victoria was now without a contact to arrange her extraction unless he could think of another course. The possibility of reaching out to Swiss authorities to contact the OSS crossed his mind, but he dismissed that idea. He knew no one personally whom he could trust or who would trust him, the man who had ordered Mademoiselle Veronique Colbert’s execution. Victoria would have to remain at the chateau until he could decide what to do. He knew of no other place safe for her.

*  *  *

Alistair pounced on the phone the moment it rang a few minutes past five o’clock that afternoon. “Bad news,” Henri said immediately and related his report. “Obviously, the French Gestapo and SD do not communicate.”

“It will be only a matter of time before news filters to the SD that she’s in the hands of the Carlingue,” Alistair said, “and that will be the end of the roundup.”

“Has she given up her call signal yet?”

“No. Not a transmission has come in. They either haven’t broken her, or she’s dead.”

“It is all very puzzling, Alistair.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Not the least of which…” Henri paused. Alistair lost a breath.

“Go on.”

“Don’t you think it odd, mon ami, that an SD chief would take the time and trouble and the bother to appear in civilian clothes in person, alone, to make an arrest, even if important? One would think the SS would have a cadre in hiding in the café.”

Alistair thought, then asked, “Did you see any sign of an SS presence on the street when you left the shop?”

“No, and another strange thing. According to Phillipe, Colonel Albrecht sat a full two hours waiting for your agent before he left. Now why would an officer of his important status do that?”

Alistair stared into space. Henri was right. Things weren’t adding up. “I can’t answer that, Henri.”

Breaking the connection, Alistair looked at his doodled collection of dragonflies on his desk. Until Henri’s call, he had thought of brushing them all into his wastebasket in a fit of despair, but somehow, despite having no more expectations of Dragonfly’s survival, he felt a tiny flicker of hope and chose instead to sweep his doodles into a desk drawer.

CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX

CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX

The evening of June 13, Derrick returned to the chateau to find Victoria waiting anxiously. She could read from his expression that his mission had failed. “She didn’t come, did she?” she asked.