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01830aam a2200289 i 4500 001 DDF1A956755711EEAC1679CC4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231028010118 008 230123s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1837900450 020 $a 9781837900459 035 $a (OCoLC)1363831926 040 $d IaMp $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Midwood, Ellie, $e author. 245 14 $a The undercover secretary / $c by Ellie Midwood. 264 1 $a London : $b Bookouture, $c 2023. 300 $a 250 pages ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a "It was a misty Wednesday morning. Inside the Gestapo headquarters, you could cut the tension with a knife. There was a traitor in their midst: someone had leaked a list of the SS to the British press. The head of the Gestapo called me into his office. Panelled oak walls, a grand piano in the corner, rugs lining the floor--the place where he ordered executions every day. I sat at the desk, reaching for the typewriter and adjusting the paper. On the wall, the clock ticked loudly. He stood over me; I could almost feel his breath on my neck. 'I don't know where the leak came from. Do you?' he asked. I couldn't stop my hands from trembling. I was sure he could hear the thrashing of my heart. Because I wasn't just a secretary: I was an undercover Jewish girl. The person who fetched them tea, typed their letters, and made them laugh was their enemy. And my day of reckoning had arrived..."--Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230714. 650 $a Jewish women $x Fiction. 650 $a Secretaries $x Fiction. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945. 651 $a France $x History $y German occupation, 1940-1945 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20231028021314.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DDF1A956755711EEAC1679CC4BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search