The Starlet Spy
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Hollywood Star Turns Spy
In 1943, movie producer Henrik Zoltan approaches Amelie Blake under the guise of offering the Hollywood star a leading part in his upcoming film, but he has a more meaningful role in mind. Amelie’s homeland of Sweden declared neutrality in the war, but Stockholm has become the “Casablanca of the North.” When top-secret atomic research goes missing in Sweden, the Allied forces scramble to recover the files before they fall into Nazi hands.
The United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) needs someone who’s subtle enough to spy on the Swedish elite without triggering suspicion. Who better than the “all beauty, no brains” Scandinavian starlet? Fluent in three languages and possessing a brilliant memory, Amelie loathes being labeled witless but uses the misconception as her disguise. She’s tasked with searching for the crucial files, but Finn Ristaffason keeps getting in her way. Is the charming shipping magnate after the missing research? Or does he have other reasons for showing up at her every turn?
With the Gestapo on her heels, Amelie must rely on her smarts in addition to her acting skills to survive a world of deadly spies and counterspies.
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Customer Reviews
For such a time as this
You can always touch the stars, Mel. Just need to know where to find them.
War has a way of bringing out the best and the worst in people. For Amelie Blake, a Swedish actress, it became an opportunity to do something to help the war effort. Unfortunately, as she did the best she could, she came across a number of folks who were in it for the money - how much could they benefit from working for the other side?
This wonderful, detailed story takes us from the lights of Hollywood to boots on the ground in Sweden. Traveling from one place to another, the reader learns much about the land that Amelie calls home. Searching for a lost manuscript, the dangers are very real and learning who can be trusted is a whole new education.
An early copy of this installment of the Heroines of WWII series was received through Barbour Publishing, NetGalley and CelebrateLit. These impressions are my own and were in no way solicited.