Mr. Churchill's Secretary
A Maggie Hope Mystery
Maggie Hope: Book #1
- By: Susan Elia MacNeal
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Description
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it.
London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for codebreaking, though, rival those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her a level of clearance she could never have imagined—and opportunities she will not let pass. In troubled, deadly times, with air-raid sirens sending multitudes underground, access to the War Rooms also exposes Maggie to the machinations of a menacing faction determined to do whatever it takes to change the course of history.
Ensnared in a web of spies, murder, and intrigue, Maggie must work quickly to balance her duty to King and Country with her chances for survival. And when she unravels a mystery that points toward her own family’s hidden secrets, she’ll discover that her quick wits are all that stand between an assassin’s murderous plan and Churchill himself.
In this daring debut, Susan Elia MacNeal blends meticulous research on the era, psychological insight into Winston Churchill, and the creation of a riveting main character, Maggie Hope, into a spectacularly crafted novel.
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Maggie Hope Series

Mr. Churchill's Secretary
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Donada Peters
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it.
London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters... Read more »

Princess Elizabeth's Spy
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history.
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former... Read more »

His Majesty's Hope
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly.
World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air... Read more »

The Prime Minister's Secret Agent
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry comes a gripping mystery featuring intrepid spy and code breaker Maggie Hope. This time, the fallout of a deadly plot comes straight to her own front door.
World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the... Read more »

Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this riveting mystery from Susan Elia MacNeal, England’s most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause.
December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C., along... Read more »
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The Queen's Accomplice
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope returns to war-weary London, where she is thrust into the dangerous hunt for a monster, as the New York Times bestselling mystery series for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry continues.
England, 1942. The Nazis’ relentless Blitz may have paused, but London’s nightly... Read more »

The Paris Spy
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World War II in the latest novel in this bestselling series—“a treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers alike” (Booklist, on The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent).
Maggie... Read more »

The Prisoner in the Castle
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A series of baffling murders among a group of imprisoned agents threatens the outcome of World War II in this chilling mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Churchill’s Secretary.
November, 1942. World War II is raging, and former spy Maggie Hope knows too much: what the British government is willing to do to keep its secrets,... Read more »

The King's Justice
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Can a stolen violin lead secret agent and spy Maggie Hope to a serial killer terrorizing London? Find out as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues.
“A wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress
Maggie Hope started... Read more »

The Hollywood Spy
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Length:
Abridged: No
Maggie Hope is off to California to solve a crime that hits too close to home—and confront the very evil she thought she had left behind in Europe—as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times-bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues.
Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the... Read more »