Code Name: Lise

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist Featured in The New York Times,The AtlanticTimeNew York Newsdayand on Today! Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019ΓÇöWomanΓÇÖs Day The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This YearΓÇöBookBub ΓÇ£A nonfiction thriller.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Wall Street Journal From New York Times and international bestselling author of the ΓÇ£grippingΓÇ¥ (Michael Connelly#1 New York Times bestselling author) Into the LionΓÇÖs Mouth comes the extraordinary true story of Odette Sansomthe British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War IIΓÇöperfect for fans of UnbrokenThe Nightingaleand The Code Breaker. The year is 1942and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero fatherΓÇÖs footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homelandFrance. Five failed attempts and one plane crash latershe finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. It is here that she meets her commanding officer Captain Peter Churchill. As they successfully complete mission after missionPeter and Odette fall in love. All the whilethey are being hunted by the cunning German secret police sergeantHugo Bleicherwho finally succeeds in capturing them. They are sent to ParisΓÇÖs Fresnes prisonand from there to concentration camps in Germany where they are starvedbeatenand tortured. But in the face of despairthey never give up hopetheir love for each otheror the whereabouts of their colleagues. In Code Name: LiseLarry Loftis paints a portrait of true couragepatriotismand loveΓÇöof two incredibly heroic people who endured unimaginable horrors and degradations. He seamlessly weaves together the touching romance between Odette and Peter and the thrilling cat and mouse game between them and Sergeant Bleicher. With this amazing testament to the human spiritLoftis proves once again that he is adept at writing ΓÇ£nonfiction that reads like a page-turning novelΓÇ¥ (Parade).