Code Name: Lise

by Larry Loftis

“Be regular and orderly in your life,” Flaubert had said, “that you may be violent and original in your work.” Such is the prescription for spies.

Jepson returned to his desk and made a final notation at the bottom of Odette’s dossier: “Direct-minded and courageous. God help the Nazis if we can get her near them.”