Staff Pick
When British spy "Verity" is captured by the Germans in occupied France, to save herself she begins to write her confession. This is a WWII story; a spy story; a story about friendship, sacrifice, and being a woman in a man's world. It has twists you won't see coming and emotional gut punches that will practically knock you over. Fantastic and riveting! Recommended By Christine R., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The book
The New York Times called "a fiendishly plotted mind game of a novel" is now available in paperback!
Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during the Second World War. One is a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat; one is a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly, and before long they are devoted friends. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in "Verity's" own words, as she writes her account for her captors.
About the Author
ELIZABETH WEIN was born in New York, and grew up in England, Jamaica, and Pennsylvania. She has her pilot's license, and it is her love of flying that partly inspired the idea for Code Name Verity.