The Last Hope

NATIONAL BESTSELLER All will be revealed in this no-holds-barred finale of the Edgar Awardnominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designerand possible double agentCoco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germanys nuclear program. Intrepid Maggie Hopes high-stakes mission is fraught with danger and moral questions. . A heartfelt story. Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of Three Hours in ParisMaggie Hope has come a long way since she was Mr. Churchills secretary. In the face of tremendous danger, shes learned espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. But things are different now that she has so much to lose, including the possibility of a family with John Sterling, the man whos long held her heart. British Intelligence has ordered Maggie to assassinate Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who may deliver a world-ending fission bomb for Germany. Shes shaken. An assassination is unlike anything she has ever done. How can the Allies even be sure Nazi Germany has a bomb? Determined to gather more information, Maggie travels to Madrid, where Heisenberg is visiting for a lecture. At the same time, couturier Coco Chanel, a spy in her own right with ambiguous loyalties, has requested a mysterious meeting with the British ambassador in Madridand has requested Maggie join them. As the two play a dangerous game of cat and mouse, Maggie tries to get a better understanding of Heisenberg, but is faced with betrayal and a threat more terrifying than losing her own life. Maggie desperately wants to find her happily-ever-after, but as the war reaches a fever pitch, the stakes keep rising. Now, more than ever, the choices she makes will reverberate around the globe, touching everyone she loveswith fateful implications for the future of the free world.