BOOK BY: Stephanie Landsem
WOW!
This spy story pulled me in right from page one. It’s a story about how fascism ran rampant in Los Angeles, pre-WW2 when Hitler first gained power in Germany. The New Friends of Germany claim to be friends of all Germans living in America, to protect them as the motherland would, but in reality they were driven by the same agenda Hitler pushed in Germany.
Code Name Edelweiss is based on a true story about the early spy network efforts of a Jewish lawyer, Leon Lewis. Liesl is the perfect-looking Aryan, who is struggling to get by. Fired from her job at MGM, she’s desperate to find something else and ends up at Leon’s office to apply for a job.
There’s a lot to like about this story – the characters, the setting, the detailed research that went into creating an accurate story reflective of the time. There’s intrigue, intense situations, joyful moments and everything in between.
I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more from author Stephanie Landsem.
I received an ecopy of the book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions expressed are my own.