The Last Hope: A Maggie Hope Mystery

The final installment of the Edgar Award–nominated Maggie Hope series follows the spy as she partners with fashion designer Coco Chanel, a spy with unclear loyalties, to stop physicist Werner Heisenberg from delivering a nuclear weapon for Nazi Germany. Maggie has evolved significantly from her early days as Mr. Churchill's secretary, developing skills in espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. However, her circumstances have changed—she now has personal stakes, including a potential future with John Sterling, the man she loves. British Intelligence orders Maggie to assassinate Heisenberg, who may be developing a fission bomb for Germany. Uncertain about the threat and troubled by the assignment, Maggie travels to Madrid where Heisenberg is scheduled to lecture. There, Coco Chanel requests a mysterious meeting with the British ambassador and asks for Maggie's presence. As the two women engage in a dangerous game, Maggie seeks to understand Heisenberg better but encounters betrayal and a threat more severe than her own death. With the war intensifying, Maggie's choices carry global consequences that will affect those she cares about and the future of the free world.