New mystery release: The Lost Spy by Kate Moira Ryan
It is Paris, 1949. 27-year-old American detective and heiress, Slim Moran, is hired by a British spymistress to find Marie-Claire, a spy long presumed dead. Slim soon realizes that scores from the last war have not been settled. She races to find out what happened to this deeply troubled lost spy because if Marie-Claire is not dead, she will be soon. Marie Claire tapped back her response and removed the crystals, grabbed the antenna, and shut the case. Her job was finished; now she had to wait only two days to get out. After closing the case, she heard the concierge yell downstairs-warning her. She stashed the suitcase under the bed and pushed open the window. It was a straight drop down. If she jumped, she’d die, but if captured, she’d be tortured. She decided to jump. As she was about to leap, the polka-dotted bow on the front of her shoe caught between the window and the ledge. She was trying to disentangle herself when the SS men stormed into the room. Seeing her half out th...