The Prisoner in the Castle
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"American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murders among a group of captive agents on an isolated Scottish island as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues. Maggie Hope is being held prisoner on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents who know too much for the enemy's comfort. All the spies on the island are trained to kill--and when they start dropping off one-by-one, Maggie needs to find the murderer... before she becomes the next victim"-- Provided by publisher.
Code-breaker Maggie Hope is being held prisoner on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents who know too much. She knows what the British government is willing to do to keep its secrets. She knows the real location of the planned invasion of France. She knows exactly who is sending agents to their deaths. When one of her fellow inmates drops dead in the middle of his after-dinner drink, he;s only the first. Now the most important thing Maggie knows is-- she must survive. -- adapted from jacket.
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Maggie Hope solves a series of murders on a Scottish island submitted by vickik on August 28, 2022, 10:21am This World War II mystery is the latest in a series featuring spy and cryptographer Maggie Hope. Maggie is imprisoned in a castle on a remote island off the coast of Scotland because she knows too much about the plans for the Allied invasion of Normandy and her bosses are afraid she'll reveal them if she's ever captured. Her fellow prisoners, also agents who know too much, are being killed off, one by one. Will Maggie be able to catch the killer before she becomes the next victim?
PUBLISHED
New York : Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399593826
0399593829
SUBJECTS
Women spies -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Hope, Maggie (Fictitious character)
Prisoners of war -- Fiction.
Cryptographers -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.