#NewRelease~~Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem
Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem
“What I am looking for–what I desperately need, Mrs. Weiss–is a spy.”
Adolf Hitler is still a distant rumble on the horizon, but a Jewish spymaster and his courageous spies uncover a storm of Nazi terror in their own backyard.
In the summer of 1933, a man named Adolf Hitler is the new and powerful anti-Semitic chancellor of Germany. But in Los Angeles, no-nonsense secretary Liesl Weiss has concerns much closer to home. The Great Depression is tightening its grip and Liesl is the sole supporter of two children, an opinionated mother, and a troubled brother.
Leon Lewis is a Jewish lawyer who has watched Adolf Hitler’s rise to power–and the increase in anti-Semitism in America–with growing alarm. He believes Nazi agents are working to seize control of Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine the world has ever known. The trouble is, authorities scoff at his dire warnings.
When Liesl loses her job at MGM, her only choice is to work with Leon Lewis and the mysterious Agent Thirteen to spy on her friends and neighbors in her German American community. What Leon Lewis and his spies find is more chilling–and more dangerous–than any of them suspected.
Code Name Edelweiss is based on a true story, unknown until recent years: How a lone Jewish lawyer and a handful of amateur spies discovered and foiled Adolf Hitler’s plan to take over Hollywood.
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Tera’s 4 Blush Review
A spy novel set in the 1930s?? Not something I normally would read, but I really did enjoy it. But if I’m honest, that cover really drew me in. It’s absolutely beautiful.
This is the story of Liesl Weiss and how she and some other amateur spies brought down Hitler’s attempt at taking over Hollywood in hopes of spreading anti-semitism propaganda.
The best part? This is based off of a true story, and I didn’t even know that before starting.
The beginning of this story was a bit slow for me, but the ending made me not want to put this book down. If you’re in need of a historical fiction, this is definitely a win for me (This one is not a historical romance).
