![]() ![]() But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband.Īs the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she's been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy (Original) a book by Michelle Gable 25,370,547. ![]() One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.ĭespite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and others-now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau-find success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. Publisher: Graydon House BooksFiction / Historical - 20th Century - World War. "A gripping, fascinating read." -Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphanġ944, Rome. The Lipstick BureauA Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy. Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. ![]()
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