What is coming next from me: Code Name Edelweiss

Wondering what is coming next from me and when? This post answers all those questions:

What: My next novel is based on a fascinating true story I know my readers of historical fiction will love:

Code Name Edelweiss

Adolf Hitler is but a distant rumble on the horizon, but in Los Angeles a Jewish spymaster and his courageous spies uncover a storm of Nazi terror in their own back yard.

In the summer of 1933, Adolf Hitler is the Chancellor of Germany and initiating anti-Semitic propaganda and violence in Europe 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 Adolph 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, the authorities scoff at his dire warnings.

When Liesl loses her job at MGM, she is reluctantly agrees to work with Leon Lewis and the mysterious Agent Thirteen to spy on her friends and neighbors in the German-American community. What Liesl discovers is more chilling—and dangerous—than any of them expected.

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.

Are you intrigued? I hope so.

More good news: Code Name Edelweiss has a release date! Although March 7, 2023 sounds like a long way off, it will be here before you know it. And in the meantime, I’ll be writing all about the fascinating history of the Nazi movement in California and how these brave men and women worked against it.

Read about the writing and research part of Code Name Edelweiss HERE and also HERE

Here’s a review book about the same historical event, The Hollywood Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal.

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