A mother and daughter find the courage to go undercover after stumbling upon a Nazi cell in Los Angeles during the early days of World War IIโa tantalizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series
โA stirring standalone thriller . . . Susan Elia MacNealโs page-turning prose is as entertaining as everโI was riveted from beginning to end.โโKate Quinn, author of The Alice Network
June 1940. France has fallen to the Nazis, and Britain may be nextโbut to many Americans, the war is something happening โover there.โ Veronica Grace has just graduated from college; she and her mother, Violet, are looking for a fresh start in sunny Los Angeles. After a blunder cost her a prestigious career opportunity in New York, Veronica is relieved to take a typing job in L.A.โonly to realize that sheโs working for one of the areaโs most vicious propagandists.
Overnight, Veronica is exposed to the dark underbelly of her new home, where German Nazis are recruiting Americans for their devastating campaign. After the FBI dismisses the Gracesโ concerns, Veronica and Violet decide to call on an old friend, who introduces them to L.A.โs anti-Nazi spymaster.
At once, the women go undercover to gather enough information about the California Reich to take to the authorities. But as the news of Pearl Harbor ripples through the United States, and President Roosevelt declares war, the Grace women realize that the plots theyโre investigating are far more sinister than they fearedโand even a single misstep could cost them everything.
Inspired by the real mother-daughter spy duo who foiled Nazi plots in Los Angeles during WWII, Mother Daughter Traitor Spy is a powerful portrait of family, duty, and deception that raises timeless questions about Americaโand what it means to have courage in the face of terror.