#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel. At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems … stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path.
By 1939, Europe is on fire and England is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire, Alex makes her way to London as a volunteer in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But she has skills that draw the attention of another branch of the service. Fluent in French and German, she would make the perfect secret agent.
Within a year, Alex is shocking her family in trousers and bright red lipstick. They must never know about the work she does—no one can know, not even the pilot she falls in love with. While her country and those dearest to her pay the terrible price of war, Alex learns the art of espionage, leading to life-and-death missions behind enemy lines and a long career as a spy in exotic places and historic times.
Spy follows Alex’s extraordinary adventures in World War II and afterward in India, Pakistan, Morocco, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Washington, D.C., when her husband, Richard, enters the foreign service and both become witnesses to a rapidly changing world from post-war to Cold War. She lives life on the edge, with a secret she must always keep hidden.
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Boring every book is the same just changes the names – waste of time
Loved this book, couldn’t put this book down.
Ms. Steel’s story lines are always enjoyable . However, the writing is very disappointing. Where are her editors and proof readers? Why start so many sentences with “And”?
Really liked the book. Interesting characters. Not sure where the story was going. Didn’t want it to end.
Alexandra is helping with the war effort for Great Britain and she is asked to be a spy to help with the war. The story tells about her time and a spy and situations that she was put in! I enjoyed this book very much!
First, the cover is gorgeous! In my younger years, Danielle Steel was a go to author for me. I have not read her books for years, and when I saw that her new book, Spy, was about a woman spy, Alex, during WWII and what happened to her after the war, I thought this book was for me as I love WW II historical fiction. Something just did not connect for me. I felt like this was a summary. This book covered too big a time period without enough depth. It is a very short book for the time period covered. I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.