A review by themeadowofashtrees
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. by Sarah Helm

4.0

When the book focused on Vera's childhood, I admit it was a little slow, at least it got until the reveal of her tragic great secret. When the book focused on the search for her missing agents, it was absolutely compelling. However, nothing in the book was as viscerally gut-punching as when it focused on just how desperately the SOE tried to pretend that their missions had not completely fallen apart, particular in the Goetz chapter talking about the "Radio Game."