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The darkest hour

In 1943 sixteen-year-old Lucie Blaise is the newest recruit of Covert Ops, a secret espionage and sabotage organization of girls, and her mission in German occupied France is to track down information about a weapon that could wipe out all of Western Europe--and then dismantle it before it can be used.

The chemist

a novel
An ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

The darkest hour

2016
In 1943 sixteen-year-old Lucie Blaise is the newest recruit of Covert Ops, a secret espionage and sabotage organization of girls, and her mission in German occupied France is to track down information about a weapon that could wipe out all of Western Europe--and then dismantle it before it can be used.

Rebel with a cause

the daring adventure of Dicey Langston, girl spy of the American Revolution
"Tells the story of a young Revolutionary War hero, Dicey Langston, who warned the Patriots of an attack by the brutal Loyalist leader "Bloody Bill" Cunningham"--.

The spy with the wooden leg

the story of Virginia Hall
2012
Chronicles the life and career of Virginia Hall, who became a spy during World War II even though she had a wooden leg.

Cinderella

from Fabletown with love
2010
Cinderella, Fabletown's greatest covert agent, is on a mission to find out who is secretly smuggling magical artifacts out of Fabletown, because if the artifacts fall into the wrong hands, the lives of all the Fables are in danger.

Blown

2005
CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael, on the verge of retiring, is called back into action when the country suffers a terrorist attack mounted by the neo-Nazi 30 April organization, and her husband, a deep undercover agent formerly believed to be dead, is targeted by the CIA as one of the group's operatives.

A palm for Mrs. Pollifax

1973
A secret agent like no other, Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga and a little spying now and then. This time the mysterious Mr. Carstairs sent her to Switzerland to a famous health resort where the world's intelligence agents had gathered. Her mission: to track down a missing package of plutonium just enough to make a small atomic bomb. It was a job that suited Mrs. Pollifax's talents. She's good with people and even better at sniffing out their secrets. But it was not until she became enchanted with Robin, the young jewel thief, that her new adventure really began.

The Spy who loved

the secrets and lives of Christine Granville
Christine Granville was Britain's first female special agent of World War II, and the daughter of a Polish aristocrat and his wealthy Jewish wife. In 1939, after the outbreak of war, she was recruited by British intelligence and her courage, quick wit and determination saved the lives of many fellow officers.

Amazing women of the Civil War

1999
Tells the stories of thirty women or groups of women who participated in the Civil War as soldiers, spies, journalists, nurses, and in other significant roles.

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