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The Last Hope

A Maggie Hope Mystery, Book 12

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The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • All will be revealed in this no-holds-barred finale of the Edgar Award-nominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designer—and possible double agent—Coco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germany’s nuclear program.

“Intrepid Maggie Hope’s high-stakes mission is fraught with danger and moral questions. . . . A heartfelt story.”—Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of Three Hours in Paris

Maggie Hope has come a long way since she was Mr. Churchill’s secretary. In the face of tremendous danger, she’s learned espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. But things are different now that she has so much to lose, including the possibility of a family with John Sterling, the man who’s long held her heart.

British Intelligence has ordered Maggie to assassinate Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who may deliver a world-ending fission bomb for Germany. She’s shaken. An assassination is unlike anything she has ever done. How can the Allies even be sure Nazi Germany has a bomb? Determined to gather more information, Maggie travels to Madrid, where Heisenberg is visiting for a lecture.

At the same time, couturier Coco Chanel, a spy in her own right with ambiguous loyalties, has requested a mysterious meeting with the British ambassador in Madrid—and has requested Maggie join them. As the two play a dangerous game of cat and mouse, Maggie tries to get a better understanding of Heisenberg, but is faced with betrayal and a threat more terrifying than losing her own life.

Maggie desperately wants to find her happily-ever-after, but as the war reaches a fever pitch, the stakes keep rising. Now, more than ever, the choices she makes will reverberate around the globe, touching everyone she loves—with fateful implications for the future of the free world.

©2024 Susan Elia MacNeal (P)2024 Random House Audio
20th Century Espionage Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Exciting Heartfelt War

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Critic reviews

“Susan Elia MacNeal is masterful in her final, thrilling Maggie Hope adventure!”—Lynda Cohen Loigman, bestselling author of The Wartime Sisters

“Susan Elia MacNeal has done it again, bringing us one final heart-stopping and stylish adventure.”—Tara Moss, #1 internationally bestselling author of The War Widow

“An impeccably researched spy thriller with heart, The Last Hope will have readers turning the pages long into the night.”—Brenda Janowitz, author of The Audrey Hepburn Estate

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Good storyline with all the usual characters. Narrations however was a bit monotonous with very little change in voice levels even when the plot became tense or exiting.

Love the Maggie Hope series

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The book was decent enough but the narration absolutely ruined it. Why does Audible persist in using robotic voices which make it hard to listen and enjoy? I use audiobooks as I have a sight issue and find reading difficult but the quality of performances lately makes me really reluctant to purchase

Dreadful narrator

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I’m not sure what is going on with the narrator here. It sounds robotic and even when describing really evocative scenes, like they’re reading from a training manual for Microsoft excel.
I’ve given up on the audiobook and inhaled the ebook in a day.

I love Maggie but couldn’t make it through the narration

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