Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon

Mine is a level of fury that requires two coats of lipstick and a fully loaded revolver.

Nancy Wake went from being a young journalist sent to interview Adolf Hitler, to killing a Nazi with her bare hands. That was the transformation that fascinated me as I first sat down to write this novel. HOW does a woman make that journey? What must happen along the way to complete that arc? Where does she go and what does she learn to give her that kind of moxie? As it turns out, red lipstick and loaded revolvers play no small part.