Hardcover, 343 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2012 by Hyperion.
Oct. 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
When “Verity” is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn’t stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she’s living a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?
Oh man, this book is so good. The characters and prose are real and immediate, the peril is palpable, and I was crying by the end. Have the sequel on hold from my library, definitely recommend.
One of the best books I've read in a long time.
The tragic tale of the English spy in Gestapo custody slowly unfolds as you meet and fall in love with her and her best friend Maddie. Throughout the book, you slowly pick up clues that this written confession she is writing to escape more torture. However, as the book unfolds, you realize that nothing is quite as it seems, and the story is told and untold again. The writing is amazing, and the characters are so real, I nearly cried when I finished the book, to have said goodbye to them. This will always sit on my list of the characters I fell in love with most.
I think everyone should read this book. Or listen to the audio book. Both, really.
