Unbelievably, Gretchen manages to find Daniel in Munich and learns that he is the prime suspect in the murder of a young prostitute. Gretchen, formerly one of Adolf Hitler's close friends and now much despised by the man, refuses to let Daniel face the situation alone. He takes off in the middle of the night, but first leaves Gretchen a quick note about his plans. Daniel himself is a hunted man, but his need to put his family first draws him back. Then Daniel receives word that his cousin is in grave danger back in Munich. Gr 8 Up-German Gretchen Muller and German Jew Daniel Cohen are now living in England in 1933, trying to put the dangerous and complicated past behind them. Can they dig up the explosive truth and get out in time-or will Hitler discover them first? And as they work to clear Daniel's name, Gretchen and Daniel discover a deadly conspiracy stretching from the slums of Berlin to the Reichstag itself. Gretchen must do everything she can to avoid capture, even though saving Daniel will mean consorting with her former friends, the Nazi elite. When she receives word that Daniel is wanted for murder, she has to face the danger she thought she'd escaped-and return to her homeland. For the first time in her life, Gretchen is content.īut then Daniel gets a telegram that sends him back to Germany, and Gretchen's world turns upside down.
More than a year after she made an enemy of her old family friend and fled Munich, she lives in England, posing as an ordinary German immigrant, and is preparing to graduate from high school. The girl known as Gretchen Whitestone has a secret: She used to be part of Adolf Hitler's inner circle. Acclaimed author Anne Blankman returns to the shadowy and dangerous world of 1930s Germany in this thrilling sequel to Prisoner of Night and Fog, perfect for fans of Code Name Verity.
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