I confess that my resolve wavered a little during the early chapters of Elizabeth Wein’s terrific novel, “Code Name: Verity.” This wasn’t because I found Wein’s fictional account of two gallant young ...

When a British spy plane transporting best friends Maddie and Julie crashes in Nazi-occupied France, the two young women are thrown into an increasingly harrowing nightmare that explores the anguish ...

A spy during World War II, Julie is known by many names: Queenie, Eva, Scottie, Lady Beaufort-Stuart. But to English pilot Maddie Brodatt, she is a best friend "full of bookish nonsense and foul ...

Secret agent "Verity" --- Do you really think she'd reveal her real name here? --- is proud, privileged and Scottish. She is also darned good at pretending. It is World War II and when Verity's talent ...

Here are some things you should know about The Pearl Thief if you haven't read Elizabeth Wein's earlier book Code Name Verity: it stands perfectly well on its own, and you don't need to know anything ...