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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

Bridgette heard the Frenchman expel a sharp breath when she entered the mother superior’s office, but he recovered and rose gallantly to kiss her hand. “Mademoiselle,” he said, “I cannot tell you what a pleasure it is to see you. I have now come to offer my assistance in getting you to the OSS French Affairs station in Bern, where arrangements are pending for your return to the United States.”

“Where I assume Major Renault is waiting for me,” she said.

“No, mademoiselle. Major Renault returned to America in July to resume his duties at his Washington desk. I come on behalf of his replacement in Bern.” Seeing Bridgette’s splinter-thin face fall, Henri hurried to say, “But you must not despair. He will be informed of your survival. I requested that his replacement let him know, and the major will be overjoyed at your return. Three of your number have already made it back and are now safely ensconced in their homes in America.”

“Three? Who?”

“Your male counterparts.”

“And…my female counterpart…?”

Henri’s own face dropped. “I regret to tell you that she was executed by firing squad the eleventh of June.”

CHAPTER NINETY-ONE

CHAPTER NINETY-ONE

On Saturday, August 26, Chief Detective Maurice Corbett and his associate called upon Madame Florence Bisset at her apartment in a city that had gone berserk with joy over its just-announced liberation from Nazi tyranny. The policemen had feared Madame Bisset would be among the revelers, difficult to locate in the crush, and by the time they reached him, Colonel Derrick Albrecht would have flown the coop like so many SS officers when it became glaringly clear that the wolf was at the henhouse door. The German garrison had surrendered the capital to General Philippe Leclerc, commander of the second French Armored Division, the previous night. The City of Light was now back in French hands.

But Colonel Derrick Albrecht had not flown. The police personnel that Maurice had posted inside and outside the Hotel Crillon had reported the man was still in his rooms, as yet not taken into custody by the French or American army authorities—a glad surprise, but Maurice would need to hurry. He wanted to get to him before the military got their hands on him.

Paris’s elation over its liberation was deafening and emotionally dizzying. All the church bells in the city were ringing, and it appeared that every French man, woman, and child who could walk or manage with crutches and missing limbs were out to greet the liberators in full force and voice. Waving flags to a cacophony of shouts, songs, sobs, cheers, and applause, the exuberant throngs besieged the soldiers in their armored vehicles and marching ranks with flowers, kisses, and wine—anything they could spare to express their gratitude to the saviors of Paris.